Darnay

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Darnay has been given to 24 babies in the U.S. since 1992. 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 1992, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Darnay, 2000

1 in 756,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Darnay: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Darnay means

Darnay is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Darnay is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 24 boys were recorded with the name Darnay between 1992 and 2000. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1992; its best national rank was #6,817 in 1992.

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 Darnay?

Darnay had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2000, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2000: 1 in 756,000; 5 of 3,778,496 births
Among boys only: 1 in 393,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2000: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 523,812 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Darnay 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 2000 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 523,812 children born in 2000 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Darnay. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Darnays were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Darnay was born before 1995 — so the typical Darnay is around 30 today.

Median birth year: 1995; About 30 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 79.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 24; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 79.2% of all recorded uses (19).

Is Darnay 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 1992 (7)
Years since peak: 33; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,817; 1992

Spellings of Darnay

Darnay is not the most common spelling — Danny is, with 73.0% against Darnay's <0.01%.

Danny73.0%286,648
Dana13.6%53,287
Darian4.3%17,041
Barney4.1%16,090
Arnav0.91%3,585
Darby0.75%2,940
Darcy0.71%2,785
Darry0.39%1,536

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.

Darnay 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: #6,817; 1992
Peak year: 1992; 7 that year
First recorded: 1992
Last recorded: 2000
All-time count: 24
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Darnay

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

Darlens Dareck Darwens Darmon Darlin Darson Darico Dardan Darvel Daryal Darlyn Dariun Darnez Darein Daryen Darrus Trinay Daries Darail Darain Darice Shanay Dariyan Darinel

Sibling names for Darnay

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

Shelbi Shelbie Ilana Kelsea Ivonne Maira Stormy Kaylene

For a brother

Coty Malcom Edgardo Arnulfo Shay Rosendo Brandan Shaquille

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