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Darrian

#5,660 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Darrian has been given to 4,423 babies in the U.S. since 1960. In 2025 it ranked #5,660 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 190 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.

Babies named Darrian, 2025

1 in 207,000

Darrian over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

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

19602025

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.

Darrian: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Darrian means

Darrian is a given name.

The naming story behind Darrian

Wikidata records Darrian as a given name. The entity identifier is Q121422428, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,452 boys were recorded with the name Darrian between 1960 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 190 in 1994; its best national rank was #764 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,164 in 2020 to #5,660 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,977 in 2015 to #5,660 in 2025.

In the United States, 971 girls were recorded with the name Darrian between 1988 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 150 in 1994; its best national rank was #1,175 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 Darrian?

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
#5,660
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Darrian 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 Darrian. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Darrians were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Darrian was born before 1998 — so the typical Darrian is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
38.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
41.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,452
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1990s — 38.1% of all recorded uses (1,315).

Is Darrian 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
−741
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,496
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,683
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.41×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.4%
Peak was 1994 (190)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#764
1994

Spellings of Darrian

Darrian is not the most common spelling — Adrian is, with 38.8% against Darrian's 0.49%.

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 Darrian is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Darrian was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 103,381 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 33,333
  2. 2Maryland1 in 50,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 50,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in 100,000
  5. 5California1 in 100,000
  6. 6Colorado1 in 100,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 100,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

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

Where Darrian is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Darrian was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 253,724 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 100,000
  2. 2Indiana1 in 100,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 100,000
  4. 4Ohio1 in 100,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 100,000
  6. 6Alabama1 in —
  7. 7California1 in —
  8. 8Colorado1 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. Darrian has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Darrian around the world

Where Darrian 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
    1996–2008
    #4,432
    in 2008
  • Canada
    1993–2014
    #2,672
    in 2014
  • South Australia
    1946–2004
    #589
    in 2004

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.

Darrian by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,660
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,496
Best rank ever
#764
1994
Peak year
1994
190 that year
First recorded
1960
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,452
Count in 2025
16

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,175
1994
Peak year
1994
150 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
971
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Darrian

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

DarianDarrienDarrionDariousDarriusDarvinDarrickDarellDarrisFlorianFinnianDarronWillianCillianCassianCaspianDarrynJullianDarionDarshanBastianDartanianDarbyDariel

Names with a curve like Darrian

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

TyquanDeondreDejonDeontaeMarquelDemonteDakotahJustynAustonTraeTravonMarquez

Sibling names for Darrian

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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