Darrien
#4,278 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Darrien has been given to 3,636 babies in the U.S. since 1960. In 2025 it ranked #4,278 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 151 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.
Babies named Darrien, 2025
1 in 138,000
Darrien over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Darrien over time
In 2025, Darrien went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Darrien?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 138,000
- 24 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 71,200
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #4,278
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 95,747 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Darrien sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 95,747 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Darrien. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Darriens were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Darrien was born before 2000 — so the typical Darrien is around 25 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 34.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 46.7%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 3,275
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 34.3% of all recorded uses (1,123).
Is Darrien 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
- +1,001
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +173
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,350
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.60×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 15.9%
- Peak was 1995 (151)
- Years since peak
- 30
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 17.1% average annual change
Spellings of Darrien
Darrien is not the most common spelling — Warren is, with 31.1% against Darrien's 0.55%.
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 Darrien is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Darrien was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 96,586 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 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. Darrien has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Darrien is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Darrien was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,427,354 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Michigan1 in —
- 2Pennsylvania1 in —
- 3Texas1 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. Darrien has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Darrien around the world
Where Darrien 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 & Wales2004–2009#4,527in 2009
- Canada1994–2011#2,141in 2011
- South Australia1951–2010#754in 2010
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.
Darrien by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Darrien
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Darrien
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Darrien, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Darrien
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.