Boys' name · since 1950
Darus
Darus has 84 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,535 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Darus is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 84 have been recorded since 1950.
Darus has 84 recorded births among boys since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2000.
- #18,535 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 84 born since 1950
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darus ranks #18,535 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1950, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,535 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Darus's 84 recorded births place it above 59.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Darus's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Darus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2000
- Peak year (1987)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Darus by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (29 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Darus's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Darus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 29 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Darus's decade-level peak was the 1980s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~50 yrs)
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, 1950–2000 (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 Darus 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.