Daren — #2837 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Daren

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,820 babies named Daren between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daren currently holds the #2837 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 762 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daren performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 3,951 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Daren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,298 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Daren in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daren 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 10,820 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.