Darin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DA-ren
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Darin is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Darin 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.
Meaning borrowed from Darren. More on Wiktionary.
Is Darin a girl's or a boy's name?
Darin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Darin, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 34 boys.
Half of all the boys named Darin 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 Darin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #682, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Darin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,202 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,079 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,125 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 34 | #900 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 2 | #4,818 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 2 | #3,734 |
How popular is Darin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Darin, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. Its busiest year was 1965, with 2,614 boys. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the boys named Darin in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 313 boys in the US were given Darin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #748, up from #3,582 for this spelling alone.
Darin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 45 | #2,727 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2016 | 70 | #2,028 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2014 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2013 | 80 | #1,793 |
| 2012 | 88 | #1,710 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,544 |
| 2010 | 106 | #1,525 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,545 |
| 2008 | 135 | #1,284 |
| 2007 | 156 | #1,144 |
| 2006 | 161 | #1,091 |
| 2005 | 188 | #929 |
| 2004 | 171 | #976 |
| 2003 | 231 | #763 |
| 2002 | 220 | #783 |
| 2001 | 219 | #775 |
| 2000 | 212 | #778 |
| 1999 | 241 | #694 |
| 1998 | 201 | #776 |
| 1997 | 236 | #682 |
| 1996 | 236 | #685 |
| 1995 | 228 | #697 |
| 1994 | 258 | #647 |
| 1993 | 259 | #642 |
| 1992 | 293 | #599 |
| 1991 | 345 | #546 |
| 1990 | 348 | #529 |
| 1989 | 351 | #510 |
| 1988 | 366 | #481 |
| 1987 | 390 | #448 |
| 1986 | 409 | #427 |
| 1985 | 418 | #417 |
| 1984 | 428 | #398 |
| 1983 | 429 | #387 |
| 1982 | 424 | #395 |
| 1981 | 455 | #378 |
| 1980 | 455 | #379 |
| 1979 | 499 | #351 |
| 1978 | 533 | #328 |
| 1977 | 601 | #314 |
| 1976 | 649 | #290 |
| 1975 | 844 | #245 |
| 1974 | 1,037 | #211 |
| 1973 | 1,057 | #205 |
| 1972 | 1,130 | #203 |
| 1971 | 1,291 | #193 |
| 1970 | 1,441 | #188 |
| 1969 | 1,789 | #159 |
| 1968 | 1,955 | #147 |
| 1967 | 2,017 | #142 |
| 1966 | 2,251 | #134 |
| 1965 | 2,614 | #123 |
| 1964 | 1,023 | #236 |
| 1963 | 712 | #290 |
| 1962 | 621 | #316 |
| 1961 | 438 | #378 |
| 1960 | 325 | #448 |
| 1959 | 97 | #775 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
Nicknames for Darin
- Daz
Names like Darin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kevin Cody Robin Dylan Rory Ryan Reggie Casey Austin Logan Ronnie Dexter
Other spellings of Darin
Names related to Darin
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, “Darin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darin, updated 20 October 2026.