Darrington — boys' name
36 babies named Darrington in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Darrington was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Darrington in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darrington
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Darrington between 1972 and 1994, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darrington currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darrington performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Darrington shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darrington 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 36 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.
Darrington at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darrington popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1972
- Peak year (1990)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
36 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 9 births in a single year.
Darrington by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 21 births that decade — 58% of Darrington's all-time total
Darrington decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Darrington's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.