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Darion

#3,047 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Darian

Darion has been given to 7,773 babies in the U.S. since 1957. In 2025 it ranked #3,047 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 373 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Darion, 2025

1 in 82,900

Darion over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

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

19572025

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.

Darion: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Darian

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Darion means

Darion is a variant of Darian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Darian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,212 boys were recorded with the name Darion between 1957 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 373 in 1994; its best national rank was #524 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,096 in 2020 to #3,047 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,023 in 2015 to #3,047 in 2025.

In the United States, 561 girls were recorded with the name Darion between 1991 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 95 in 1994; its best national rank was #1,592 in 1994.

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.

How common is Darion?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 82,900
40 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 42,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,047
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
57,449 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Darion 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 57,449 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Darion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Darions were born

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

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
36.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
46.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,212
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Choose a decade

1990s — 36.3% of all recorded uses (2,619).

Is Darion 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
−326
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−951
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,024
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.56×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.7%
Peak was 1994 (373)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#524
1994

Spellings of Darion

Darion is not the most common spelling — Aaron is, with 28.6% against Darion's 0.34%.

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 Darion is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Darion was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 39,350 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

14 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 25,000
  2. 2Indiana1 in 25,000
  3. 3Ohio1 in 25,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 33,333
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 33,333
  6. 6Texas1 in 33,333
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 50,000
  8. 8Missouri1 in 50,000

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 Darion is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Darion was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 489,175 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Indiana1 in —
  4. 4Louisiana1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6Missouri1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 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. Darion has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Darion around the world

Where Darion 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
    1998–2021
    #4,789
    in 2021
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1972–2003
    #588
    in 2003

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 Darion

People whose public names include Darion, 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.

Darion by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,047
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 951
Best rank ever
#524
1994
Peak year
1994
373 that year
First recorded
1957
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,212
Count in 2025
40

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,592
1994
Peak year
1994
95 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2012
All-time count
561
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Darion

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

DarrionDarronDarielDarellDarienDarvinDaronDarriusDarianDarrickDarenDarioDarrisDarwinJavionDarrinDarrelDarrynDarrianDarrienSavionDarbyDarcyDarold

Names with a curve like Darion

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

DashawnTravonDandreMarquezZakaryDillanDeondreDallinJaquanDevenMaximillianTyquan

Sibling names for Darion

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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