Unisex name · since 1994
Daryen
Daryen has 38 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,046 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 38
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
38 boys have been named Daryen since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Daryen has 38 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2014.
- #24,046 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 38 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daryen ranks #24,046 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,046 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 38
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daryen's 38 recorded births place it above 46.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daryen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daryen splits its recorded history at 2003: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daryen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2014
- Peak year (1994)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Daryen popularity over time - girls
14 total births recorded since 1993 (Daryen as girls' name)
Daryen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (21 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Daryen's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Daryen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 21 births (55% of all-time use).
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What to do with Daryen's data
- Daryen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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 Daryen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1994–2014 (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 Daryen 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.