NameTides

Darwin

Darwin was the #960 boys' name in the US in 2025 (241 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Darwin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Darwin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Darwin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#960 (241)#1,466 (18)——#1,642 (13)
2024#838 (293)#1,053 (28)#727 (3)—#1,056 (23)
2023#970 (228)#1,407 (18)—#770 (3)#1,947 (9)
2022#982 (229)#1,224 (22)——#2,052 (8)
2021#1,081 (196)#1,448 (17)——#1,761 (10)
2020#905 (248)#2,228 (9)——#1,838 (9)
2019#957 (223)#1,189 (22)——#1,152 (18)
2018#907 (237)#1,013 (28)——#1,175 (17)
2017#833 (266)#1,124 (25)——#1,194 (17)
2016#855 (263)#1,363 (19)——#1,069 (20)
2015#869 (256)#1,046 (27)——#791 (30)
2014#909 (236)#1,035 (27)——#1,032 (20)
2013#829 (259)#1,116 (23)——#1,109 (18)
2012#855 (248)#1,191 (22)——#928 (23)
2011#773 (291)#1,398 (17)——#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1935 at #299.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,100 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 7,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Darwin is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 7,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Darwin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: 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: #914NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #844INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #906CAUtah: 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: #875VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #876TXFlorida: #569FL
Darwin (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
Quebec2025#4639
Ontario2024#1,2178

Darwin (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
DarwinCanadaBoys#1,64213
DarwinEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DarwinEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
DarwinIrelandBoys—too few
DarwinNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DarwinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DarwinScotlandBoys—too few
DarwinUSGirls—too few
DarwinUSBoys#960241