How Many People Are Named Darwin?
people named Darwin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,286 people in the US has this name
Based on 26,436 babies named Darwin in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
425 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Deorwine which meant "dear friend". The surname was borne by the English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882), the man who first proposed the theory of natural selection and subsequently revolutionized biology.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Darwin (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Darwin alive today is about 42 years old, and 40% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Darwin first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1958, to 425 babies. In 2025, 241 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Darwin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #297, in 1938. In 2025 it ranked #961.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #961 |
| Best rank | #297 (1938) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #392 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Darwin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Darwin were born in California than in any other state: about 1,607 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Darwin was given 7.6 times as often in South Dakota, 4.9 times in Iowa and 4 times in North Dakota.
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