Daran — boys' name

What the Data Says About Daran

The Social Security Administration has registered 590 babies named Daran between 1955 and 2018, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daran currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daran performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Daran shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Daran in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daran 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 590 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.