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.

Darshan

#5,557 most common boys' name of all time · #13,837 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#5,557
Rank overall
#13,837 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
784
Since 2016
137
Peak year
1999 #2,831
Best rank
#2,737 1975
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
198020002020

Darshan first appears in 1971. 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 — 16 16 #5,677
2024 — 13 13 #6,577
2023 — 18 18 #5,322
2022 — 10 10 #7,907
2021 — 8 8 #9,024
2020 — 15 15 #5,782
2019 — 15 15 #5,896
2018 — 16 16 #5,621
2017 — 13 13 #6,436
2016 — 13 13 #6,480
2015 — 19 19 #4,951
2014 — 15 15 #5,830
2013 — 23 23 #4,232
2012 — 19 19 #4,923
2011 — 27 27 #3,832
2010 — 21 21 #4,574
2009 — 25 25 #4,082
2008 — 30 30 #3,598
2007 — 14 14 #6,022
2006 — 10 10 #7,600
2005 — 18 18 #4,703
2004 — 24 24 #3,786
2003 — 19 19 #4,339
2002 — 23 23 #3,727
2001 — 24 24 #3,564
2000 — 23 23 #3,589
1999 — 30 30 #2,831
1998 — 22 22 #3,443
1997 — 17 17 #3,961
1996 — 18 18 #3,759
1995 — 16 16 #3,953
1994 — 18 18 #3,692
1993 — 14 14 #4,345
1992 — 17 17 #3,684
1991 — 15 15 #3,928
1990 — 16 16 #3,711
1989 — 12 12 #4,419
1988 — 12 12 #4,056
1987 — 13 13 #3,650
1986 — 11 11 #4,047
1985 — 10 10 #4,223
1983 — 12 12 #3,572
1982 — 6 6 #6,040
1981 — 9 9 #4,400
1979 — 7 7 #5,186
1978 — 5 5 #6,339
1975 6 15 21 #2,737
1972 — 7 7 #4,371
1971 5 — 5 —