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Darien

Gender
Boy
Say it
DAR-ee-an
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#1,436 for boys

Darien is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,436th for boys in the US (125 babies).

Where does Darien come from?

Modern: spelling of Darian; modern name influenced by Darius and Darren

Meaning borrowed from Darian. More on Wiktionary.

Is Darien a girl's or a boy's name?

Darien is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 125 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Darien in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 24 boys.

Half of all the boys named Darien in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 24 in 19962023
Darien in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20235#3,712
202210#2,279
20213#4,989
20205#3,502
20191#6,258
20187#2,823
20175#3,608
20166#3,241
20155#3,527
20143#4,829
20133#4,884
20120–
20116#3,038
20100–
20090–
20080–
20076#2,873
20067#2,386
20051#5,109
20045#2,691
20037#2,054
20028#1,728
20016#2,049
20007#1,775
19996#1,941
19987#1,727
199714#1,066
199624#697

How popular is Darien in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,436th among boys
Babies in 2025
125 about 1 in 14,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 125 boys in the US were named Darien, making it the 1,436th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,325th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 607 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.

Half of all the boys named Darien in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 480 boys in the US were given Darien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #578, up from #1,436 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 33% of the babies named Darien in the US in 1961, and 3% in 2024.

1949Busiest: 607 in 19942025
Darien in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025125#1,436
2024158#1,250
2023131#1,404
2022120#1,504
2021132#1,383
2020135#1,325
2019151#1,244
2018144#1,276
2017174#1,110
2016182#1,080
2015189#1,049
2014212#983
2013198#996
2012210#960
2011241#872
2010215#936
2009236#888
2008255#846
2007284#772
2006243#834
2005259#764
2004250#744
2003326#629
2002327#612
2001330#598
2000378#556
1999385#537
1998341#574
1997344#559
1996342#549
1995424#500
1994607#383
1993533#424
1992281#613
1991178#763
1990148#838
1989148#811
198884#1,081
198763#1,216
198657#1,285
198557#1,267
198456#1,227
198362#1,144
198263#1,150
198161#1,177
198050#1,324
197956#1,221
197856#1,186
197737#1,515
197651#1,210
197546#1,258
197436#1,439
197351#1,147
197254#1,107
197155#1,101
197069#968
196949#1,110
196867#877
196766#885
196679#819
1965106#721
196453#1,035
196332#1,374
196231#1,402
196124#1,634
196017#1,972
195912#2,413
195811#2,504
19570–
19568#2,967
19557#3,199
19540–
19530–
19528#2,872
19510–
19500–
19497#3,018

Names like Darien

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Dylan, Ryan, Declan, Cameron, Ronan, Kayden, Brody, Finn, Benjamin, Logan, Ethan, Rowan

Other spellings of Darien

Darian, Darion, Darrien, Darrion, Darrian

Names related to Darien

Darren, Darwin, Darin, Drin, Daren, Daryn, Darrin

More Modern names

Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn

Every Modern name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Darien: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darien, updated 20 October 2026.