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Darrin

Gender
Boy
Say it
DA-ren
US rank, 2025
#3,378 for boys

Darrin is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).

What does Darrin 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 Darrin a girl's or a boy's name?

Darrin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Darrin in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 6 boys.

1996Busiest: 6 in 19972021
Darrin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20213#4,989
20205#3,502
20190–
20184#4,169
20170–
20160–
20151#6,220
20140–
20131#6,198
20121#6,332
20110–
20101#6,148
20090–
20081#5,936
20070–
20061#5,377
20050–
20040–
20032#4,575
20024#2,751
20011#4,138
20001#4,018
19992#3,878
19982#3,848
19976#1,853
19961#3,776

How popular is Darrin in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,378th among boys
Babies in 2025
34 about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Darrin, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 1965, with 3,255 boys. It first appears in the records in 1947.

Half of all the boys named Darrin in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 313 boys in the US were given Darrin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #748, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.

1947Busiest: 3,255 in 19652025
Darrin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202534#3,378
202434#3,392
202326#4,109
202237#3,214
202145#2,774
202040#2,924
201946#2,735
201862#2,209
201765#2,108
201660#2,228
201557#2,299
201466#2,097
201380#1,793
201276#1,890
201184#1,737
201097#1,612
2009113#1,471
2008125#1,361
2007125#1,341
2006133#1,255
2005166#1,017
2004169#984
2003177#925
2002170#944
2001175#896
2000183#863
1999192#796
1998218#739
1997234#686
1996245#671
1995282#609
1994305#589
1993336#554
1992322#566
1991391#498
1990376#510
1989418#460
1988403#449
1987386#452
1986380#442
1985379#437
1984364#441
1983331#456
1982286#502
1981280#503
1980283#503
1979272#509
1978347#424
1977362#414
1976466#354
1975587#309
1974594#306
1973657#279
1972860#247
19711,264#197
19701,525#180
19691,814#158
19682,077#138
19672,029#141
19662,569#119
19653,255#102
1964801#272
1963310#450
1962305#458
1961232#522
1960217#538
1959102#751
195831#1,395
195712#2,374
195615#2,090
19559#2,763
19548#2,940
195310#2,530
19527#3,092
19517#3,064
19505#3,678
19490–
19485#3,665
19475#3,731

Nicknames for Darrin

Names like Darrin

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

Kevin, Ryan, Conan, Declan, Regan, Dylan, Keegan, Ronan, Brody, Cody, Kenan, Keenan

Other spellings of Darrin

Darren, Daren, Darin, Darron, Darryn, Daryn

Names related to Darrin

Darwin, Darian, Drin, Darien, Darion, Darrion

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