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Daron

#3,459 in 2025Boys' name

From Armenian Տարոն; literal meaning unconfirmed

Daron has been given to 7,812 babies in the U.S. since 1945. In 2025 it ranked #3,459 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1965, with 241 recorded.

Babies named Daron, 2025

1 in 100,000

Daron over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Daron: meaning, origin, and history

From Armenian Տարոն; literal meaning unconfirmed

Armenian

What Daron means

Daron is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Daron is used in English. Its origins include Armenian.

Daron comes through Armenian Տարոն.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,652 boys were recorded with the name Daron between 1945 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 241 in 1965; its best national rank was #493 in 1965.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,628 in 2020 to #3,459 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,256 in 2015 to #3,459 in 2025.

In the United States, 160 girls were recorded with the name Daron between 1963 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1982; its best national rank was #4,382 in 1982.

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 Daron?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 100,000
33 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 51,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,459
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
69,634 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Daron 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 69,634 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Daron. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Darons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Daron was born before 1986 — so the typical Daron is around 39 today.

Median birth year
1986
About 39 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
18.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
24.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,622
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Choose a decade

1960s — 18.9% of all recorded uses (1,448).

Is Daron 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
+1,273
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−831
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,203
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.56×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
13.7%
Peak was 1965 (241)
Years since peak
60
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#493
1965

Spellings of Daron

Daron is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 25.7% against Daron's 0.19%.

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 Daron is used

Across 1910–2025, Daron was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 34,452 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

06 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 16,667
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 20,000
  3. 3Missouri1 in 20,000
  4. 4California1 in 25,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 25,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in 25,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 25,000
  8. 8Ohio1 in 25,000

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

Daron around the world

Where Daron 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
    1999–2014
    #4,632
    in 2014
  • Scotland
    1975–1975
    #288
    in 1975
  • Canada
    1991–2021
    #2,619
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1964–1992
    #538
    in 1992

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS 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 Daron

People whose public names include Daron, 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.

Daron by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,459
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 831
Best rank ever
#493
1965
Peak year
1965
241 that year
First recorded
1945
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,652
Count in 2025
33

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,382
1982
Peak year
1982
17 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
1998
All-time count
160
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Daron

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

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Names with a curve like Daron

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

BradlyWilfredoBrantDericHeribertoKevenNorbertoRodrickAnibalReinaldoEdgardoShayne

Sibling names for Daron

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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