Darius — #745 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Darius

The Social Security Administration has registered 53,677 babies named Darius between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darius currently holds the #745 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 2,184 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darius performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 19,665 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Darius shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,021 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Darius in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darius 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 53,677 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.