Dario
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAR-ee-oh
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #936 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #760 for boys
Dario is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “possessing goodness”. In 2025 it ranked 936th for boys in the UK (36 babies) and 760th for boys in the US (339 babies).
What does Dario mean?
Persian: Italian and Spanish form of Darius
“possessing goodness”
The Italian and Spanish form of Darius, the name of several ancient Persian kings.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dario a girl's or a boy's name?
Dario is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the UK and 339 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dario in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #936among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were named Dario, making it the 936th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 38 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dario in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 873rd in England and Wales.
Dario in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #936 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,131 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 38 | #896 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,045 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,163 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,079 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 24 | #796 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,113 |
| 1999 | 21 | #836 |
| 1998 | 21 | #818 |
| 1997 | 19 | #864 |
| 1996 | 21 | #768 |
How popular is Dario in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #760among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 339about 1 in 5,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 339 boys in the US were named Dario, making it the 760th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 818th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 439 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had fewer boys named Dario than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Dario in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dario in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 339 | #760 |
| 2024 | 439 | #639 |
| 2023 | 412 | #663 |
| 2022 | 403 | #676 |
| 2021 | 389 | #684 |
| 2020 | 281 | #818 |
| 2019 | 234 | #930 |
| 2018 | 265 | #840 |
| 2017 | 245 | #876 |
| 2016 | 224 | #935 |
| 2015 | 234 | #916 |
| 2014 | 215 | #973 |
| 2013 | 199 | #993 |
| 2012 | 226 | #916 |
| 2011 | 235 | #884 |
| 2010 | 212 | #946 |
| 2009 | 229 | #900 |
| 2008 | 252 | #850 |
| 2007 | 249 | #848 |
| 2006 | 224 | #880 |
| 2005 | 215 | #854 |
| 2004 | 208 | #852 |
| 2003 | 209 | #832 |
| 2002 | 195 | #847 |
| 2001 | 196 | #828 |
| 2000 | 200 | #803 |
| 1999 | 181 | #832 |
| 1998 | 158 | #908 |
| 1997 | 155 | #891 |
| 1996 | 133 | #960 |
| 1995 | 156 | #870 |
| 1994 | 171 | #805 |
| 1993 | 160 | #831 |
| 1992 | 145 | #873 |
| 1991 | 180 | #758 |
| 1990 | 168 | #779 |
| 1989 | 135 | #861 |
| 1988 | 131 | #826 |
| 1987 | 128 | #823 |
| 1986 | 123 | #816 |
| 1985 | 93 | #946 |
| 1984 | 95 | #900 |
| 1983 | 111 | #827 |
| 1982 | 121 | #804 |
| 1981 | 167 | #663 |
| 1980 | 130 | #769 |
| 1979 | 80 | #991 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,011 |
| 1977 | 78 | #970 |
| 1976 | 77 | #946 |
| 1975 | 60 | #1,084 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,007 |
| 1973 | 67 | #987 |
| 1972 | 59 | #1,050 |
| 1971 | 61 | #1,043 |
| 1970 | 76 | #917 |
| 1969 | 63 | #965 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,165 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,102 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,236 |
| 1965 | 62 | #934 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,235 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,137 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,107 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,138 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,080 |
| 1958 | 46 | #1,130 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,040 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,297 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,137 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,310 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,073 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,363 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,598 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,476 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,425 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,394 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,413 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,407 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,390 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,458 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,694 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,642 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,415 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
Names like Dario
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorenzo Tobias Elio Leonardo Matteo Elias Gabriel Elijah Zachary Elliot Diego Damian
Names related to Dario
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Arian Arman Armaan
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, “Dario: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dario, updated 20 October 2026.