NameTides

Darien

Darien was the #1,436 boys' name in the US in 2025 (125 babies), and #2,095 in Canada.

Darien as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Darien as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Darien as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,436 (125)—#2,095 (9)
2024#1,250 (158)—#2,062 (9)
2023#1,404 (131)#4,108 (4)#2,921 (5)
2022#1,504 (120)#2,166 (10)—
2021#1,383 (132)#4,789 (3)#1,560 (12)
2020#1,325 (135)#3,334 (5)#1,176 (18)
2019#1,244 (151)—#1,326 (15)
2018#1,276 (144)#2,693 (7)#1,334 (14)
2017#1,110 (174)#3,996 (4)#937 (24)
2016#1,080 (182)#3,079 (6)#1,026 (21)
2015#1,049 (189)#3,373 (5)#1,319 (14)
2014#983 (212)#4,632 (3)#898 (25)
2013#996 (198)#4,685 (3)#1,252 (15)
2012#960 (210)—#1,102 (18)
2011#872 (241)#3,300 (5)#1,211 (16)

Darien as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Darien as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Darien as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2024#15,293 (5)—
2022#12,243 (7)—
2020#15,088 (5)—
2019#13,799 (6)—
2018#12,464 (7)—
2016#10,113 (10)—
2014#16,513 (5)—
2013#13,150 (7)—
2012#13,483 (7)—
2011#12,153 (8)—
2010#16,992 (5)—
2009#9,975 (11)—
2008#6,350 (21)—
2007#8,520 (14)—
2006#6,125 (21)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1994 at #383.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1949.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Darien is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,600 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Darien by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,241CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: #912FL
Darien (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Darien (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DarienCanadaGirls—too few
DarienCanadaBoys#2,0959
DarienEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DarienNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DarienUSGirls—too few
DarienUSBoys#1,436125