Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
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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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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