How Many People Are Named Darian?
people named Darian are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,120 people in the US has this name
Based on 23,297 babies named Darian in Social Security records from 1939 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,543 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Probably an elaborated form of DARREN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Darian in English. Counting Darian and these spellings together, about 42,522 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Darian, 27.1% were girls and 72.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Darian fell from 15.7% in the 1960s to 5.5% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1990s, at 45.9%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Darian alive today is about 26 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Darian first appears in the records in 1939 and was given most often in 1994, to 1,543 babies. In 2025, 272 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1939 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Darian has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #358, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #928. Among girls, its best rank was #313, in 1994.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #928 | #6,378 |
| Best rank | #358 (1994) | #313 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #448 in the 1990s | #568 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Darian alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Darian were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,379 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Darian was given 1.7 times as often in Colorado, 1.7 times in Louisiana and 1.6 times in Florida.
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