Darrah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAR-a
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Darrah is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
Where does Darrah come from?
Irish: variant of Darragh or Dara
Is Darrah a girl's or a boy's name?
Darrah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darrah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Darrah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th.
2025 had the most girls named Darrah of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were given Darrah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Dara 14
- Darrah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 780th in Scotland.
Darrah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 2 | #7,411 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 2 | #5,038 |
How popular is Darrah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Darrah in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darrah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
Names like Darrah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Farah Ayah Zainab Aaliyah Maya Hibah Safa Farrah Hiba Ayla Eden
Other spellings of Darrah
Names related to Darrah
More Irish names
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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, “Darrah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darrah, updated 20 October 2026.