Boys' name · since 1997
Dariun
Dariun has 17 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,047 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
17 boys have been named Dariun since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dariun has 17 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2002.
- #30,047 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 17 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dariun ranks #30,047 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,047 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dariun's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dariun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dariun splits its recorded history at 2002: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1997 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dariun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2002
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Dariun by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Dariun's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Dariun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dariun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dariun draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.