Darias

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Darias has been given to 60 babies in the U.S. since 1989. 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 1989, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Darias, 2009

1 in 637,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Darias: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Darias means

Darias is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Darias is used in Lun Bawang.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 60 boys were recorded with the name Darias between 1989 and 2009. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1989; its best national rank was #5,254 in 1989.

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.

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How common is Darias?

Darias had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2009, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2009: 1 in 637,000; 6 of 3,820,315 births
Among boys only: 1 in 331,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2009: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 441,341 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Darias 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 2009 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 441,341 children born in 2009 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Darias. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dariass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Darias was born before 1999 — so the typical Darias is around 26 today.

Median birth year: 1999; About 26 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 43.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 60; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 43.3% of all recorded uses (26).

Is Darias 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 1989 (9)
Years since peak: 36; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,254; 1989

Spellings of Darias

Darias is not the most common spelling — Damian is, with 22.1% against Darias's 0.01%.

Damian22.1%109,920
Dallas14.3%71,203
Darius10.9%54,006
Darin6.6%32,546
Davis6.5%32,076
Matias5.1%25,387
Dorian4.9%24,187
Darian3.4%17,041

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.

Darias 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: #5,254; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 9 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 2009
All-time count: 60
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Darias

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

Darrias Dareck Darlin Dardan Darinel Allias Kalias Darkiel Darean Darvon Sylias Darivs Darden Ahmias Darlens Dareus Jasias Ezaias Darril Dariell Darrio Darain Mesias Daries

Sibling names for Darias

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

Stephani Ashli Felisha Jalisa Britany Chantelle Leandra Lissette

For a brother

Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick Lauren Hakeem Jerrell Arron Laron

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