Darren
#308 most common boys' name of all time · #676 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1936–2025
Rank among boys
#308
Rank overall
#676 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
85 of 146
All-time
104,506
Since 2016
3,350
Peak year
1965 #52
Best rank
#52 1965
Girls
Boys
peak 5,963/yr
Darren first appears in 1936. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,133 |
| 2024 | — | 240 | 240 | #954 |
| 2023 | — | 224 | 224 | #982 |
| 2022 | — | 284 | 284 | #853 |
| 2021 | — | 305 | 305 | #804 |
| 2020 | — | 345 | 345 | #720 |
| 2019 | — | 374 | 374 | #686 |
| 2018 | — | 393 | 393 | #653 |
| 2017 | 7 | 463 | 470 | #588 |
| 2016 | — | 528 | 528 | #549 |
| 2015 | — | 527 | 527 | #542 |
| 2014 | — | 569 | 569 | #494 |
| 2013 | — | 593 | 593 | #469 |
| 2012 | — | 667 | 667 | #423 |
| 2011 | — | 681 | 681 | #415 |
| 2010 | — | 695 | 695 | #407 |
| 2009 | — | 765 | 765 | #394 |
| 2008 | — | 799 | 799 | #384 |
| 2007 | — | 876 | 876 | #362 |
| 2006 | — | 824 | 824 | #362 |
| 2005 | — | 864 | 864 | #343 |
| 2004 | — | 891 | 891 | #336 |
| 2003 | — | 977 | 977 | #306 |
| 2002 | — | 969 | 969 | #302 |
| 2001 | — | 948 | 948 | #304 |
| 2000 | — | 1,007 | 1,007 | #298 |
| 1999 | — | 1,029 | 1,029 | #283 |
| 1998 | 5 | 1,028 | 1,033 | #279 |
| 1997 | — | 1,020 | 1,020 | #274 |
| 1996 | — | 1,140 | 1,140 | #253 |
| 1995 | — | 1,290 | 1,290 | #230 |
| 1994 | 11 | 1,444 | 1,455 | #201 |
| 1993 | 6 | 1,432 | 1,438 | #210 |
| 1992 | 7 | 1,323 | 1,330 | #227 |
| 1991 | 7 | 1,306 | 1,313 | #226 |
| 1990 | 7 | 1,507 | 1,514 | #199 |
| 1989 | 10 | 1,625 | 1,635 | #183 |
| 1988 | 11 | 1,599 | 1,610 | #177 |
| 1987 | 16 | 1,602 | 1,618 | #170 |
| 1986 | 14 | 1,578 | 1,592 | #168 |
| 1985 | 19 | 1,701 | 1,720 | #161 |
| 1984 | 14 | 1,548 | 1,562 | #172 |
| 1983 | 17 | 1,599 | 1,616 | #164 |
| 1982 | 12 | 1,487 | 1,499 | #174 |
| 1981 | 5 | 1,426 | 1,431 | #176 |
| 1980 | 11 | 1,533 | 1,544 | #163 |
| 1979 | 10 | 1,503 | 1,513 | #164 |
| 1978 | 14 | 1,453 | 1,467 | #166 |
| 1977 | 13 | 1,503 | 1,516 | #158 |
| 1976 | 14 | 1,693 | 1,707 | #147 |
| 1975 | 16 | 2,032 | 2,048 | #126 |
| 1974 | 11 | 2,074 | 2,085 | #127 |
| 1973 | 11 | 2,288 | 2,299 | #113 |
| 1972 | 11 | 2,675 | 2,686 | #106 |
| 1971 | 18 | 3,156 | 3,174 | #100 |
| 1970 | 33 | 4,197 | 4,230 | #75 |
| 1969 | 29 | 4,660 | 4,689 | #60 |
| 1968 | 30 | 4,642 | 4,672 | #60 |
| 1967 | 28 | 4,440 | 4,468 | #63 |
| 1966 | 36 | 4,718 | 4,754 | #63 |
| 1965 | 25 | 5,938 | 5,963 | #52 |
| 1964 | 14 | 2,644 | 2,658 | #127 |
| 1963 | 7 | 2,081 | 2,088 | #158 |
| 1962 | 8 | 1,923 | 1,931 | #165 |
| 1961 | 17 | 1,783 | 1,800 | #174 |
| 1960 | 15 | 2,209 | 2,224 | #156 |
| 1959 | 12 | 1,299 | 1,311 | #213 |
| 1958 | 7 | 417 | 424 | #382 |
| 1957 | 6 | 71 | 77 | #905 |
| 1956 | 5 | 44 | 49 | #1,155 |
| 1955 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,311 |
| 1954 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,212 |
| 1953 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,136 |
| 1952 | — | 68 | 68 | #849 |
| 1951 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,641 |
| 1950 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,427 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,116 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1947 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,491 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,903 |
| 1945 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,567 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,522 |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,489 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,473 |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,146 |