Dardan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dar-DAHN
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Dardan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Dardan mean?
Albanian, from the ancient Dardani people
Recalls the Dardani, an ancient Balkan people, and Dardania, a historic name for the Kosovo region.
Is Dardan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dardan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dardan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 118% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Dardan, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dardan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Dardan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
Names like Dardan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Rowan, Declan, Finn, Lochlan, Caelan, Callan, Conan, Kayden, Brody, Orhan, Logan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dardan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dardan, updated 20 October 2026.