Darious
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- duh-RY-us
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Darious is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “holding firm the good”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Darious mean?
Persian: variant of Darius
“holding firm the good”
A spelling of Darius, the name of several Persian kings, including Darius the Great.
Is Darious a girl's or a boy's name?
Darious is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darious in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Darious, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1993, with 76 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the boys named Darious in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darious in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,113 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 62 | #1,689 |
| 1998 | 67 | #1,571 |
| 1997 | 54 | #1,770 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,068 |
| 1995 | 48 | #1,796 |
| 1994 | 58 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | 76 | #1,301 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,296 |
| 1991 | 65 | #1,405 |
| 1990 | 58 | #1,481 |
| 1989 | 75 | #1,238 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
Names like Darious
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Diego, Alexis, Damian, Joshua, Lucas, Elias, Cristian, Josiah, Dylan, Isaiah, Tobias, Elijah
Names related to Darious
Darius, Darrius, Daris, Dharius, Dariush, Darris, Dearius, Daryus
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
Sources
Figures from 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, “Darious: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darious, updated 20 October 2026.