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Daria

#1,858 in 2025Girls' name

Feminine form of Darius

Daria has been given to 9,068 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #1,858 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 294 recorded.

Babies named Daria, 2025

1 in 31,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Daria: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Darius

Old Persian

What Daria means

Daria is a feminine form of Darius.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Daria → Darius. The family’s meaning is “possessing goodness”, recorded in the naming reference for Darius.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Feminine form of Darius, of Old Persian origin. Name of an early Christian saint.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Daria (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Daria is used in English, Cebuano, Italian and Polish. Its origins include Old Persian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Darius and Dariusz.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Daria is pronounced /ˈdɑːɹi.ə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,063 girls were recorded with the name Daria between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 294 in 1998; its best national rank was #741 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,896 in 2020 to #1,858 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,699 in 2015 to #1,858 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Daria between 1989 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1989; its best national rank was #8,137 in 1989.

How common is Daria?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 31,000
107 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 15,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,858
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
21,477 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Daria 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 21,477 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Daria. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Darias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Daria was born before 1992 — so the typical Daria is around 33 today.

Median birth year
1992
About 33 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
17.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
33.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
8,546
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 17.8% of all recorded uses (1,613).

Is Daria 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
+100
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+38
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−159
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.86×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
36.4%
Peak was 1998 (294)
Years since peak
27
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#741
1998

Spellings of Daria

Daria is not the most common spelling — Maria is, with 11.4% against Daria's 0.18%.

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 Daria is used

Across 2016–2025, Daria was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 5,000 girls, against 1 in 16,187 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

120 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 5,000
  2. 2New York1 in 10,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 11,111
  4. 4California1 in 12,500
  5. 5Washington1 in 14,286
  6. 6Connecticut1 in 25,000
  7. 7Massachusetts1 in 25,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 25,000

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.

Daria around the world

Where Daria 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.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #807
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1998–2025
    #632
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2006–2023
    #391
    in 2023
  • Ireland
    1999–2025
    #885
    in 2025
  • France
    1900–2025
    #818
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #424
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,709
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1949–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Daria

People whose public names include Daria, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Daria in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Daria. Linked forms have their own page here.

DaraDareaDaryaDeryaDoriaTarjaDarciaDarjaDariiaDarija

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Daria by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,858
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 38
Best rank ever
#741
1998
Peak year
1998
294 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,063
Count in 2025
107

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,137
1989
Peak year
1989
5 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
1989
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Daria

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

DarbyDarciDarcyDarianDaraDarcieZariaDarlaAdriaDarleenDaryaDarylAndriaDarahAzariaDarceyDarlynDarianaDarriaBriaDarlinCambriaAmariaDoria

Names with a curve like Daria

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Daria, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MoiraStarrGracielaBrigidRosarioStarAnnamarieLaniBronwynLinneaLidiaMilagros

Sibling names for Daria

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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