NameTides

Darren

Darren was the #1,132 boys' name in the US in 2025 (187 babies), and #1,066 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Darren as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Darren as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandCanadaIrelandUSEngland & Wales
Darren as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,132 (187)#1,066 (28)#560 (5)#344 (4)#676 (4)#885 (29)—
2024#954 (240)#1,108 (26)#535 (5)#404 (3)#287 (14)#714 (37)—
2023#977 (224)#1,272 (21)#533 (5)#395 (3)#319 (13)#710 (36)—
2022#853 (284)#993 (30)#243 (16)—#276 (17)#833 (30)—
2021#803 (305)#1,329 (19)#401 (8)#374 (4)#312 (14)#794 (32)—
2020#718 (345)#1,051 (26)#261 (15)—#271 (17)#761 (32)—
2019#684 (374)#1,152 (23)#516 (5)#274 (6)#295 (15)#542 (51)—
2018#653 (393)#1,097 (25)#344 (10)#234 (8)#244 (21)#540 (51)—
2017#586 (463)#806 (40)#318 (12)—#234 (23)#526 (53)—
2016#548 (528)#641 (55)#302 (13)#320 (5)#209 (27)#576 (47)—
2015#542 (527)#753 (43)#308 (12)#288 (6)#177 (34)#458 (63)—
2014#494 (569)#714 (45)#211 (24)—#168 (38)#379 (79)—
2013#468 (593)#762 (42)#197 (26)#343 (4)#131 (48)#388 (75)—
2012#423 (667)#507 (74)#235 (19)#273 (6)#163 (41)#342 (88)—
2011#415 (681)#473 (78)#175 (31)#261 (6)#149 (47)#335 (90)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1965 at #52.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1936.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,200 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 9,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Darren is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,500 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Darren 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: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #957CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: #846FL
Darren (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#67617

Darren (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
DarrenCanadaBoys#88529
DarrenEngland & WalesBoys#1,06628
DarrenIrelandBoys#6764
DarrenNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
DarrenNSWBoys—too few
DarrenScotlandBoys#5605
DarrenUSGirls—too few
DarrenUSBoys#1,132187