Darik — boys' name

What the Data Says About Darik

The Social Security Administration has registered 520 babies named Darik between 1960 and 2023, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darik performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Darik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Darik in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darik 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 520 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.