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Daris

#5,659 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Daris has been given to 1,868 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #5,659 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 37 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% boys, 33% girls all-time.

Babies named Daris, 2025

1 in 207,000

Daris over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

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

19142025

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.

Daris: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Daris means

Daris is a given name.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,260 boys were recorded with the name Daris between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 37 in 1990; its best national rank was #1,834 in 1961.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,732 in 2020 to #5,659 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,749 in 2015 to #5,659 in 2025.

In the United States, 608 girls were recorded with the name Daris between 1914 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 25 in 1929; its best national rank was #1,561 in 1929.

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 Daris?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,659
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Daris 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 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Daris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dariss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Daris was born before 1988 — so the typical Daris is around 37 today.

Median birth year
1988
About 37 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
15.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
30.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,090
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2010s — 15.4% of all recorded uses (194).

Is Daris 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
+53
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−927
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−910
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.80×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.2%
Peak was 1990 (37)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,834
1961

Spellings of Daris

Daris is not the most common spelling — David is, with 79.9% against Daris's 0.03%.

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 Daris is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Daris was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,150,438 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

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

Where Daris is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Daris was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,175,207 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 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. Daris has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Daris around the world

Where Daris 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
    2005–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • France
    1999–2025
    #1,682
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2011–2021
    #2,155
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1985–2006
    #657
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Daris by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,659
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 927
Best rank ever
#1,834
1961
Peak year
1990
37 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,260
Count in 2025
16

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,561
1929
Peak year
1929
25 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2017
All-time count
608
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Daris

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

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Sibling names for Daris

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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