Boys' name · since 1971
Dar
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.
- #26,297 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dar sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 28 recorded since 1971.
Dar has 28 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2014.
- #26,297 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 28 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dar ranks #26,297 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,297 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dar's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dar's full recorded timeline at 1988, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2014
- Peak year (1988)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Dar by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (10 births, 36% of the file).
1970s was Dar's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Dar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 10 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Dar's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dar draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.