Darren — #953 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Darren

The Social Security Administration has registered 103,751 babies named Darren between 1936 and 2024, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darren currently holds the #953 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 5,938 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darren performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 35,038 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Darren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13,236 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Darren in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darren 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 103,751 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.