Boys' name · since 2003
Darson
Darson has 22 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,115 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Darson sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 22 recorded since 2003.
Darson has 22 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2020.
- #28,115 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darson ranks #28,115 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,115 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Darson's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Darson's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Darson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2020
- Peak year (2018)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Darson by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (12 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Darson's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Darson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Darson's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2003–2020 (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 Darson 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.