Boys' name · peaked in 1965
Darin name popularity since 1925
32,910 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Darin (1.1% girls, 98.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1971 or earlier, so the typical Darin is about 55 years old in 2026. Darin peaked in 1965 as the #123 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 32,910
- Named Darin, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,595 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.9% boys
- 364 girls · 32,546 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 5.22× its national share
Peak year is the year Darin made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Darin births per year, 1925–2025
1965 was the biggest year for Darin both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1960 and 1965, Darin became 9.2× more common, from 1 in 6,560 baby boys to 1 in 712.
- Steepest fall: Between 1974 and 1979, its share of baby boys fell by 56%, from 1 in 1,520 to 1 in 3,450.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Darin's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Darin.
Decade by decade
Babies named Darin in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 16 | 184 | #2,238 |
| 1960s | 110 | 13,745 | #123 |
| 1970s | 59 | 9,082 | #245 |
| 1980s | 76 | 4,125 | #417 |
| 1990s | 38 | 2,645 | #701 |
| 2000s | 50 | 1,799 | #929 |
| 2010s | 15 | 743 | #2,038 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 218 | #3,595 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
61.6% of babies named Darin from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Darin is most popular
The index compares Darin's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Darin.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 5.22× | 494 |
| South Dakota | 5.20× | 497 |
| Utah | 3.17× | 810 |
| Idaho | 3.01× | 359 |
| Kansas | 2.82× | 863 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Darin and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Darin (this page) | 32,546 | 1965 |
| Darrin | 29,615 | 1965 |
| Daren | 10,806 | 1965 |
| Daron | 7,652 | 1966 |
| Daryn | 2,414 | 1965 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Darin's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Darin.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Darin (1965).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data