Boys' name · peaked in 1965
Darren name popularity since 1925
104,506 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Darren. Half of them were born in 1975 or earlier, so the typical Darren is about 51 years old in 2026. Darren peaked in 1965 as the #52 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 104,506
- Named Darren, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,135 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% boys
- 569 girls · 103,937 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 2.93× its national share
Peak year is the year Darren 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.
Darren births per year, 1925–2025
1965 was the biggest year for Darren both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1958 and 1963, Darren became 5.2× more common, from 1 in 5,090 baby boys to 1 in 976.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, its share of baby boys fell by 49%, from 1 in 384 to 1 in 758.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Darren's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Darren.
Decade by decade
Babies named Darren 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 | 13 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 52 | #2,433 |
| 1950s | 30 | 2,048 | #1,296 |
| 1960s | 209 | 35,038 | #52 |
| 1970s | 151 | 22,574 | #126 |
| 1980s | 129 | 15,698 | #161 |
| 1990s | 43 | 12,519 | #230 |
| 2000s | 0 | 8,920 | #343 |
| 2010s | 7 | 5,490 | #543 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 1,585 | #1,135 |
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
46.7% of babies named Darren from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Darren is most popular
The index compares Darren'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 Darren.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 2.93× | 945 |
| Louisiana | 1.93× | 3,573 |
| North Dakota | 1.72× | 560 |
| Kansas | 1.59× | 1,678 |
| Missouri | 1.46× | 3,290 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Darren 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Darren (this page) | 103,937 | 1965 |
| Darrin | 29,615 | 1965 |
| Daren | 10,806 | 1965 |
| Darron | 6,190 | 1965 |
| Darrien | 3,275 | 1995 |
| Darryn | 1,723 | 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 Darren's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Darren.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Darren (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