How Many People Are Named Daren?

9,748

people named Daren are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 35,062 people in the US has this name

Based on 11,049 babies named Daren in Social Security records from 1922 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,493

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#980

See the top 100

Peak Year

1965

768 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: DER-ən, DAR-ən
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant of DARREN.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Daren in English. Counting Daren and these spellings together, about 104,208 people alive in the US have the name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
1.7%
Male
98.3%

Of the babies given the name Daren, 1.7% were girls and 98.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Daren fell from 17.9% in the 1950s to 0% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Daren alive today is about 45 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 34 and 58 in 2025.

Under 30 1,962
20.1%
30 to 59 5,908
60.6%
60 and over 1,878
19.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Daren first appears in the records in 1922 and was given most often in 1965, to 768 babies. In 2025, 37 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1922 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Daren has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #271, in 1965. In 2025 it ranked #3,196.

Boys
Rank in 2025#3,196
Best rank#271 (1965)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#401 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Daren alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Daren were born in California than in any other state: about 1,167 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Daren was given 4.1 times as often in Utah, 2.6 times in Idaho and 2.5 times in Oregon.

California 1,167
New York 590
Texas 565
Ohio 317
Florida 311
Michigan 278
Illinois 270
Pennsylvania 258
Utah 206
Minnesota 180
Washington 167
Missouri 163
North Carolina 158
Oregon 146
Louisiana 141
Indiana 117
New Jersey 116
Kansas 106
Georgia 89
Wisconsin 83
Iowa 73
Colorado 72
Tennessee 68
Massachusetts 64
Virginia 62
Idaho 59
Oklahoma 58
Maryland 58
Maine 43
Arkansas 42
Nebraska 35
South Dakota 33
Kentucky 32
Arizona 30
Alabama 29
South Carolina 28
Connecticut 27
North Dakota 24
Mississippi 23
Montana 20
West Virginia 13
Hawaii 9
New Hampshire 6
District of Columbia 5

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