Daren
Boy · DA-ren
Daren is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Daren mean?
Spelling of Darren; from a surname of uncertain origin
Took off as a first name in the 1960s after Darrin Stephens, the husband in the TV comedy Bewitched.
- Say it
- DA-ren
Meaning borrowed from Darren. More on Wiktionary.
Is Daren a girl's or a boy's name?
Daren is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daren in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Daren, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
2025 had more boys named Daren than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Daren in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 boys in the UK were given Daren or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #682, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Daren in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Daren in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Daren, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 1965, with 761 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Daren in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 313 boys in the US were given Daren or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #748, up from #3,180 for this spelling alone.
In 1994, 4% of the babies named Daren in the US were girls.
Daren in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,297 |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,460 |
| 2012 | 56 | #2,291 |
| 2011 | 76 | #1,848 |
| 2010 | 75 | #1,897 |
| 2009 | 86 | #1,761 |
| 2008 | 90 | #1,692 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,496 |
| 2006 | 88 | #1,627 |
| 2005 | 80 | #1,671 |
| 2004 | 89 | #1,500 |
| 2003 | 80 | #1,575 |
| 2002 | 87 | #1,456 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,333 |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,238 |
| 1999 | 77 | #1,474 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,389 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 89 | #1,244 |
| 1995 | 95 | #1,183 |
| 1994 | 108 | #1,071 |
| 1993 | 105 | #1,087 |
| 1992 | 115 | #1,014 |
| 1991 | 131 | #916 |
| 1990 | 135 | #883 |
| 1989 | 138 | #853 |
| 1988 | 144 | #788 |
| 1987 | 154 | #735 |
| 1986 | 143 | #756 |
| 1985 | 130 | #777 |
| 1984 | 186 | #624 |
| 1983 | 156 | #687 |
| 1982 | 169 | #673 |
| 1981 | 156 | #691 |
| 1980 | 182 | #643 |
| 1979 | 167 | #660 |
| 1978 | 167 | #649 |
| 1977 | 167 | #652 |
| 1976 | 182 | #603 |
| 1975 | 194 | #578 |
| 1974 | 228 | #526 |
| 1973 | 204 | #552 |
| 1972 | 216 | #541 |
| 1971 | 301 | #469 |
| 1970 | 348 | #438 |
| 1969 | 389 | #404 |
| 1968 | 505 | #342 |
| 1967 | 565 | #312 |
| 1966 | 597 | #305 |
| 1965 | 761 | #271 |
| 1964 | 314 | #450 |
| 1963 | 252 | #507 |
| 1962 | 217 | #538 |
| 1961 | 190 | #570 |
| 1960 | 161 | #614 |
| 1959 | 87 | #816 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,304 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,249 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,764 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,702 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 35 | #1,222 |
Nicknames for Daren
- Daz
Names like Daren
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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