Dar — boys' name
28 babies named Dar in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Dar was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Dar in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dar
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Dar between 1971 and 2014, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dar performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dar in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 28 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dar at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1971
- Peak year (1988)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
28 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 8 births in a single year.
Dar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 10 births that decade — 36% of Dar's all-time total
Dar decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Dar's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.