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Daryn

#12,458 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Talent

Daryn has been given to 3,402 babies in the U.S. since 1958. In 2025 it ranked #12,458 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1965, with 108 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% boys, 29% girls all-time.

Babies named Daryn, 2025

1 in 663,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Daryn over time

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

19542025

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.

Daryn: meaning, origin, and history

Talent

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Daryn means

Daryn means “talent”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Daryn is used in Kazakh.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,414 boys were recorded with the name Daryn between 1958 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 108 in 1965; its best national rank was #716 in 1965.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,916 in 2020 to #12,458 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,321 in 2015 to #12,458 in 2025.

In the United States, 988 girls were recorded with the name Daryn between 1954 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 53 in 1998; its best national rank was #2,577 in 1998.

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 Daryn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,458
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Daryn 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Daryn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Daryns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Daryn was born before 1988 — so the typical Daryn is around 37 today.

Median birth year
1988
About 37 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
19.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
27.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,414
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Choose a decade

1960s — 19.0% of all recorded uses (459).

Is Daryn 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
−2,339
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,542
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−8,137
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.22×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
4.6%
Peak was 1965 (108)
Years since peak
60
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#716
1965

Spellings of Daryn

Daryn is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 37.2% against Daryn's 0.10%.

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 Daryn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Daryn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 291,878 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Iowa1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in —
  5. 5Maryland1 in —
  6. 6Michigan1 in —
  7. 7Missouri1 in —
  8. 8New Jersey1 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. Daryn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Daryn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Daryn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 510,934 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 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. Daryn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Daryn around the world

Where Daryn 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
    2005–2024
    #4,271
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    1982–2004
    #490
    in 2004
  • Canada
    1994–2007
    #2,479
    in 2007
  • South Australia
    1960–2008
    #726
    in 2008

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 Daryn

People whose public names include Daryn, 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.

Daryn in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Daryn. Linked forms have their own page here.

DarinDarryn

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Daryn by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,458
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,542
Best rank ever
#716
1965
Peak year
1965
108 that year
First recorded
1958
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,414
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,577
1998
Peak year
1998
53 that year
First recorded
1954
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
988
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Daryn

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

DarrynDarelDarcyDarbyDarekDarisDarshDarrisDaronDarvinDareyDarenDarellDarioDarronDarryDaraDarrowDarrienDarionDarrianDariousDarielDaryle

Names with a curve like Daryn

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

ShanDemetriosParrishReganAnthoneyAnibalLamonteTorrenceDericBlainVincenteReinaldo

Sibling names for Daryn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Daryn

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