Boys' name · peaked in 1965
Darrin name popularity since 1925
29,747 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Darrin. Half of them were born in 1970 or earlier, so the typical Darrin is about 56 years old in 2026. Darrin peaked in 1965 as the #102 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 29,747
- Named Darrin, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,393 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% boys
- 132 girls · 29,615 boys
- Most popular in
- Kansas
- 2.16× its national share
Peak year is the year Darrin 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.
Darrin births per year, 1925–2025
1965 was the biggest year for Darrin both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1960 and 1965, Darrin became 17× more common, from 1 in 9,830 baby boys to 1 in 571.
- Steepest fall: Between 1968 and 1973, its share of baby boys fell by 65%, from 1 in 837 to 1 in 2,370.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Darrin's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Darrin.
Decade by decade
Babies named Darrin 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 | 10 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 6 | 206 | #2,810 |
| 1960s | 78 | 13,609 | #102 |
| 1970s | 27 | 6,934 | #309 |
| 1980s | 16 | 3,510 | #437 |
| 1990s | 5 | 2,901 | #610 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,536 | #1,018 |
| 2010s | 0 | 693 | #2,306 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 216 | #3,393 |
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
64.1% of babies named Darrin from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Darrin is most popular
The index compares Darrin'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 Darrin.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 2.16× | 595 |
| Indiana | 1.79× | 1,146 |
| Louisiana | 1.66× | 804 |
| Utah | 1.61× | 371 |
| Minnesota | 1.57× | 772 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Darrin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Darrin (this page) | 29,615 | 1965 |
| Darren | 103,937 | 1965 |
| Darin | 32,546 | 1965 |
| Darron | 6,190 | 1965 |
| 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 Darrin's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Darrin.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Darrin (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