Darwin — #839 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Darwin

The Social Security Administration has registered 26,100 babies named Darwin between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darwin currently holds the #839 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 417 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darwin performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 3,489 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Darwin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,909 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Darwin in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darwin 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 26,100 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.