How Many People Are Named Darek?
people named Darek are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 231,248 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,561 babies named Darek in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
53 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of DARIUSZ.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Darek in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Darek alive today is about 32 years old, and 55% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 18 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Darek first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 1973, to 53 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Darek has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,127, in 1973. In 2025 it ranked #3,969.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,969 |
| Best rank | #1,127 (1973) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,854 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Darek alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Darek were born in California than in any other state: about 48 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Darek was given about 2.9 times as often in California.
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