How Many People Are Named Darrin?

26,416

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

About 1 in 12,938 people in the US has this name

Based on 29,747 babies named Darrin in Social Security records from 1947 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,383

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#589

See the top 100

Peak Year

1965

3,273 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.

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

Same Sound, Other Spellings

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

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.5%
Male
99.5%

Almost all of the babies given the name Darrin (99.5%) were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Darrin alive today is about 48 years old, and 71% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 58 in 2025.

Under 30 3,280
12.4%
30 to 59 18,778
71.1%
60 and over 4,358
16.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Darrin first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 1965, to 3,273 babies. In 2025, 34 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Darrin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #102, in 1965. In 2025 it ranked #3,392.

Boys
Rank in 2025#3,392
Best rank#102 (1965)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#202 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Darrin were born in California than in any other state: about 2,619 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Darrin was given 2.4 times as often in North Dakota, 2.3 times in Kansas and 1.8 times in Utah.

California 2,619
New York 1,513
Illinois 1,501
Michigan 1,400
Ohio 1,391
Texas 1,253
Pennsylvania 1,034
Indiana 1,022
Florida 745
Missouri 722
Louisiana 715
Minnesota 691
Washington 619
New Jersey 619
Kansas 517
Maryland 502
North Carolina 496
Kentucky 447
Wisconsin 447
Georgia 407
Oklahoma 395
Iowa 394
Tennessee 377
Alabama 337
Utah 324
Virginia 306
Oregon 281
Massachusetts 267
Colorado 248
Arizona 244
Arkansas 190
Mississippi 189
Nebraska 175
South Carolina 175
North Dakota 167
Connecticut 127
District of Columbia 113
West Virginia 105
Idaho 96
South Dakota 93
Maine 61
Hawaii 59
Montana 58
New Mexico 36
Nevada 32
Delaware 28
Vermont 17
Wyoming 14
New Hampshire 12
Rhode Island 9
Alaska 4

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