Darek — #3705 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Darek

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,534 babies named Darek between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darek currently holds the #3705 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darek performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 325 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Darek shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Darek in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darek 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 1,534 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.