Darrien — #5265 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Darrien

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,251 babies named Darrien between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darrien currently holds the #5265 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 151 babies received it in a single year. Darrien is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 361 additional births since 1991.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darrien performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Darrien shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 214 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Darrien in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darrien 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 3,251 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.