Darin — #3537 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Darin

The Social Security Administration has registered 32,517 babies named Darin between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darin currently holds the #3537 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 2,615 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darin performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 13,745 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Darin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,925 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Darin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darin 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 32,517 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.