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Darrion

#4,740 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Darrion has been given to 4,547 babies in the U.S. since 1961. In 2025 it ranked #4,740 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 220 recorded.

Babies named Darrion, 2025

1 in 158,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Darrion: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Darrion means

Darrion is a given name.

The naming story behind Darrion

Wikidata records Darrion as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q130310091, 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, 4,398 boys were recorded with the name Darrion between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 220 in 1994; its best national rank was #701 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,516 in 2020 to #4,740 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,571 in 2015 to #4,740 in 2025.

In the United States, 149 girls were recorded with the name Darrion between 1991 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 30 in 1995; its best national rank was #3,601 in 1995.

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 Darrion?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 158,000
21 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 81,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,740
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
109,425 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Darrion 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 109,425 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Darrion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Darrions were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Darrion was born before 2000 — so the typical Darrion is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
35.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
48.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,398
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 35.1% of all recorded uses (1,544).

Is Darrion 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
−1,025
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,224
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,169
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.44×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.5%
Peak was 1994 (220)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#701
1994

Spellings of Darrion

Darrion is not the most common spelling — Darren is, with 19.2% against Darrion's 0.81%.

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 Darrion is used

Across 1910–2025, Darrion was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 52,760 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in 14,286
  2. 2Illinois1 in 20,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 25,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 33,333
  5. 5Mississippi1 in 33,333
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 33,333
  7. 7Texas1 in 33,333
  8. 8Alabama1 in 50,000

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

Darrion around the world

Where Darrion 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
    1999–2007
    #4,333
    in 2007
  • Canada
    1996–2006
    #2,447
    in 2006
  • South Australia
    1974–1998
    #534
    in 1998

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.

Notable people named Darrion

People whose public names include Darrion, 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.

Darrion by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,740
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,224
Best rank ever
#701
1994
Peak year
1994
220 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,398
Count in 2025
21

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,601
1995
Peak year
1995
30 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2010
All-time count
149
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Darrion

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

DarionDarrianDarrienDarriusDarrickDarvinDarellDariousDarronDareionAmarionOmarionJayvionDillionDarielDarrisTrevionDarienDarrynDarshanTravionDarnellDarbyZayvion

Names with a curve like Darrion

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

DeondreJustynTyquanDallinMarquezDeontaeZakaryDylonBrennonTravonTraeAuston

Sibling names for Darrion

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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