How Many People Are Named Darin?

29,267

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

About 1 in 11,678 people in the US has this name

Based on 32,910 babies named Darin in Social Security records from 1948 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,290

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#545

See the top 100

Peak Year

1965

2,624 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

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

Meaning:

Variant of DARREN. This was the adopted surname of the singer Bobby Darin (1936-1973), who was born Robert Cassotto and chose his stage name from a street sign.

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

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Darin in English. Counting Darin and these spellings together, about 55,683 people alive in the US have the name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
1.2%
Male
98.8%

Of the babies given the name Darin, 1.2% were girls and 98.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1950s: 8% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Darin alive today is about 48 years old, and 71% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 41 and 58 in 2025.

Under 30 3,689
12.6%
30 to 59 20,740
70.9%
60 and over 4,837
16.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Darin first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 1965, to 2,624 babies. In 2025, 31 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Darin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #123, in 1965. In 2025 it ranked #3,594.

Boys
Rank in 2025#3,594
Best rank#123 (1965)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#197 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Darin were born in California than in any other state: about 3,472 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Darin was given 5.5 times as often in North Dakota, 5.5 times in South Dakota and 3.4 times in Utah.

California 3,472
Illinois 1,447
Michigan 1,280
Ohio 1,251
New York 1,214
Minnesota 1,192
Texas 1,148
Indiana 1,075
Pennsylvania 949
Missouri 920
Washington 874
Iowa 836
Kansas 752
Utah 710
Florida 692
Wisconsin 680
Oregon 521
Oklahoma 518
North Carolina 486
Nebraska 482
South Dakota 440
North Dakota 433
New Jersey 405
Colorado 391
Virginia 328
Louisiana 313
Idaho 311
Kentucky 301
Georgia 294
Arizona 271
Tennessee 255
Maryland 250
Hawaii 225
Massachusetts 197
Montana 188
Arkansas 168
South Carolina 133
West Virginia 122
Alabama 111
Nevada 89
New Mexico 86
Mississippi 85
Connecticut 76
District of Columbia 73
Maine 68
Wyoming 42
Alaska 22
Delaware 17
New Hampshire 10
Vermont 8
Rhode Island 5

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