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Darien

#1,436 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Darian

Darien has been given to 12,826 babies in the U.S. since 1949. In 2025 it ranked #1,436 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 607 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Darien, 2025

1 in 26,500

Darien over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Darien over time

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

19372025

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.

Darien: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Darian

coinages

What Darien means

Darien is a variant of Darian.

Origin, language, and formation

Darien is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Darien is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Darian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Darien is pronounced /ˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,977 boys were recorded with the name Darien between 1949 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 607 in 1994; its best national rank was #383 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,328 in 2020 to #1,436 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,050 in 2015 to #1,436 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,849 girls were recorded with the name Darien between 1937 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 175 in 1995; its best national rank was #1,034 in 1995.

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 Darien?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 26,500
125 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 13,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,436
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
18,384 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Darien 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 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 18,384 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Darien. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dariens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Darien was born before 2000 — so the typical Darien is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
32.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
47.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
10,970
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1990s — 32.6% of all recorded uses (3,583).

Is Darien 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
−185
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−108
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−386
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.66×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
20.6%
Peak was 1994 (607)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#383
1994

Spellings of Darien

Darien is not the most common spelling — Daniel is, with 65.2% against Darien's 0.36%.

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 Darien is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Darien was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 7,143 boys, against 1 in 12,388 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

114 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 7,143
  2. 2New York1 in 8,333
  3. 3California1 in 9,091
  4. 4Florida1 in 9,091
  5. 5Texas1 in 9,091
  6. 6Georgia1 in 11,111
  7. 7Virginia1 in 11,111
  8. 8Illinois1 in 12,500

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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.

Where Darien is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Darien was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 187,669 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 100,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 100,000
  5. 5Indiana1 in 100,000
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7New York1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

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. Darien has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Darien around the world

Where Darien 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
    1996–2023
    #4,108
    in 2023
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,134
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1948–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Darien

People whose public names include Darien, 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.

Darien in other languages

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

Darian

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

Darien by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,436
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 108
Best rank ever
#383
1994
Peak year
1994
607 that year
First recorded
1949
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,977
Count in 2025
125

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,034
1995
Peak year
1995
175 that year
First recorded
1937
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
1,849
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Darien

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

DarrienDarielDarionDarianDarronDarellDarenDarioDarwinDarrinDarrelDarrickDarvinDarriusDaronLucienAdrienJulienDariusDarrionDarrisDarnellDarinDarryn

Names with a curve like Darien

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

DashawnHernanGarrisonDimitriDandreTyreeDevanGermanMarquiseDeshawnSkylarDavon

Sibling names for Darien

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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