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Darion

Gender
Boy
Say it
DAR-ee-on
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#3,035 for boys

Darion is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).

Where does Darion come from?

Modern: modern name influenced by Darius and Darren

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

Darion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Darion in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 6 boys.

1998Busiest: 6 in 20032022
Darion in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20221#6,413
20213#4,989
20203#4,803
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20144#4,063
20130–
20120–
20114#3,986
20103#4,865
20090–
20080–
20070–
20063#4,204
20050–
20040–
20036#2,283
20020–
20010–
20000–
19994#2,513
19983#3,021

How popular is Darion in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,035among boys
Babies in 2025
40about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Darion, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,094th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 373 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957.

2025 had fewer boys named Darion than any year since 1983.

Half of all the boys named Darion in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 480 boys in the US were given Darion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #578, up from #3,035 for this spelling alone.

1957Busiest: 373 in 19942025
Darion in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202540#3,035
202448#2,715
202345#2,804
202243#2,917
202170#2,078
202067#2,094
201954#2,463
201877#1,919
201776#1,897
201687#1,763
201571#2,019
201475#1,919
2013111#1,475
2012114#1,448
2011143#1,219
2010143#1,232
2009180#1,051
2008233#894
2007266#804
2006229#870
2005185#945
2004204#861
2003232#761
2002249#711
2001287#651
2000274#656
1999275#639
1998298#613
1997289#610
1996282#617
1995302#589
1994373#524
1993296#598
1992190#746
1991173#777
1990141#855
1989119#929
198885#1,074
198753#1,377
198653#1,344
198546#1,451
198446#1,398
198338#1,561
198231#1,814
198127#1,995
198032#1,765
197930#1,833
197829#1,794
197715#2,790
197627#1,827
197513#2,900
197428#1,692
197324#1,817
197226#1,721
197130#1,596
197031#1,522
196917#2,045
196831#1,393
196728#1,448
196631#1,372
196526#1,512
196414#2,204
196316#2,043
196211#2,502
19617#3,354
19609#2,869
19597#3,289
19585#3,942
19575#3,991

Names like Darion

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

Other spellings of Darion

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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, “Darion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darion, updated 20 October 2026.