Darren
Darren is ranked 953rd among boys in 2024 (238 births). Its best rank was 52nd, in 1965.
- Rank in 2024
- #953up 32 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2380.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19655,938 births
- Best rank
- #52in 1965
- Since 1936
- 103,751people given the name
The story in the numbers
103,751 boys have been named Darren in the United States since 1936, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1965, with 5,938 births — 0.32% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 238 births in 2024, against 5,938 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1975, and the 1960s alone account for 34%. It has spent 69 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 7 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Darren | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | |
| 1940s | 52 | |
| 1950s | 2,048 | |
| 1960s | 35,038 | |
| 1970s | 22,578 | |
| 1980s | 15,699 | |
| 1990s | 12,519 | |
| 2000s | 8,920 | |
| 2010s | 5,490 | |
| 2020s | 1,394 |
In 1965, its biggest year
Darren was the 52nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1965 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1965.
Names that rose and fell with Darren
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Darronpeak 1965
- Darenpeak 1965
- Darinpeak 1965
- Efrempeak 1959
- Deronpeak 1966
- Troypeak 1970
- Parrishpeak 1966
- Darrinpeak 1965
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.