How Many People Are Named Darien?
people named Darien are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 27,623 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,826 babies named Darien in Social Security records from 1937 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
771 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of DARIAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Darien in English. Counting Darien and these spellings together, about 42,522 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Darien, 14.3% were girls and 85.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Darien fell from 69.3% in the 1950s to 2.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Darien alive today is about 26 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Darien first appears in the records in 1937 and was given most often in 1994, to 771 babies. In 2025, 125 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1937 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Darien has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #383, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #1,436. Among girls, its best rank was #1,034, in 1995.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,436 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #383 (1994) | #1,034 (1995) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #544 in the 1990s | #1,521 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Darien alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Darien were born in California than in any other state: about 1,082 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Darien was given 2 times as often in Maryland, 1.8 times in Georgia and 1.8 times in Louisiana.
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