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Dari

#8,488 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

English equivalent of Darius

Dari has been given to 736 babies in the U.S. since 1945. In 2025 it ranked #8,488 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 33 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Dari, 2025

1 in 276,000

Dari over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Dari over time

In 2025, Dari went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19452025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Dari: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Darius

Latin

What Dari means

Dari is a English equivalent of Darius.

Origin, language, and formation

Dari is used in Catalan and Lun Bawang. Its origins include Latin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Darius.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Dari is pronounced [ˈda.ɾi].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 691 girls were recorded with the name Dari between 1945 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 2021; its best national rank was #2,664 in 1960.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,911 in 2020 to #8,488 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,947 in 2015 to #8,488 in 2025.

In the United States, 45 boys were recorded with the name Dari between 2005 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2011; its best national rank was #8,218 in 2011.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dari?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 134,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#8,488
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dari sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Daris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dari was born before 1984 — so the typical Dari is around 41 today.

Median birth year
1984
About 41 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
18.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
37.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
667
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1960s — 18.4% of all recorded uses (127).

Is Dari 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
−1,792
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,577
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+6,459
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
36.4%
Peak was 2021 (33)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,664
1960

Spellings of Dari

Dari is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 47.2% against Dari's <0.01%.

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.

Where Dari is used

Across 1910–2025, Dari was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 898,231 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dari has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dari around the world

Where Dari ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1971–1993
    #712
    in 1993

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Dari by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,488
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,577
Best rank ever
#2,664
1960
Peak year
2021
33 that year
First recorded
1945
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
691
Count in 2025
12

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,218
2011
Peak year
2011
9 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
45
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dari

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

DarahPariDaryaYariNariDarinaDarlinDariahDarielJariDareenDariyaZariDarbiDarisDarelyInariNyariAvariDarraDarynDariyahKiariDarlynn

Sibling names for Dari

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

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