Darden

Boys' name

English surname transferred into given-name use

Darden has been given to 68 babies in the U.S. since 1924. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Darden, 1958

1 in 689,000

Darden over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Darden: meaning, origin, and history

English surname transferred into given-name use

English surname transfer

What Darden means

Darden is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Darden is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɑɹ.dən/ and /ˈdɑː.dən/ for Darden.

The naming story behind Darden

Darden is a given name adopted from English surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 68 boys were recorded with the name Darden between 1924 and 1958. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1924; its best national rank was #3,338 in 1935.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Darden?

Darden had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1958, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1958: 1 in 689,000; 6 of 4,133,550 births
Among boys only: 1 in 354,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1958: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 477,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Darden sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1958 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 477,528 children born in 1958 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Darden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dardens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Darden was born before 1933 — so the typical Darden is around 92 today.

Median birth year: 1933; About 92 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 48.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 16; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (34).

Is Darden rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1924 (7)
Years since peak: 101; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 11.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,338; 1935

Spellings of Darden

Darden is not the most common spelling — Aiden is, with 12.4% against Darden's <0.01%.

Aiden12.4%257,765
Jayden12.2%253,989
Warren8.9%184,518
Hayden5.5%114,084
Darren5.0%103,937
Ayden4.3%89,180
Jaden3.9%81,469
Kayden3.5%73,606

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Darden by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,338; 1935
Peak year: 1924; 7 that year
First recorded: 1924
Last recorded: 1958
All-time count: 68
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Darden

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Darden

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita Vernell Leonora Hellen

For a brother

Alvis Eldridge Merritt Lacy Wilton Elwin Hosea Rollin

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