Darrius
Boy · DAR-ee-us · Persian
Darrius is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “possessing goodness”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Darrius mean?
Persian: spelling of Darius
“possessing goodness”
A spelling of Darius, the name of several Persian kings, including Darius the Great.
- Say it
- DAR-ee-us
Is Darrius a girl's or a boy's name?
Darrius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darrius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Darrius, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,391st. Its busiest year was 1994, with 319 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had fewer boys named Darrius than any year since 1975.
Half of all the boys named Darrius in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 349 boys in the US were given Darrius or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #702, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
- Darius 322
- Darrius 27
Darrius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,391 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,169 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,082 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,216 |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,012 |
| 2015 | 78 | #1,870 |
| 2014 | 80 | #1,844 |
| 2013 | 107 | #1,510 |
| 2012 | 99 | #1,588 |
| 2011 | 141 | #1,235 |
| 2010 | 149 | #1,200 |
| 2009 | 165 | #1,118 |
| 2008 | 172 | #1,086 |
| 2007 | 182 | #1,031 |
| 2006 | 199 | #941 |
| 2005 | 199 | #902 |
| 2004 | 181 | #933 |
| 2003 | 213 | #821 |
| 2002 | 219 | #787 |
| 2001 | 227 | #756 |
| 2000 | 264 | #674 |
| 1999 | 212 | #752 |
| 1998 | 284 | #633 |
| 1997 | 243 | #671 |
| 1996 | 258 | #647 |
| 1995 | 267 | #630 |
| 1994 | 319 | #577 |
| 1993 | 295 | #602 |
| 1992 | 302 | #589 |
| 1991 | 304 | #580 |
| 1990 | 317 | #568 |
| 1989 | 317 | #542 |
| 1988 | 177 | #705 |
| 1987 | 170 | #698 |
| 1986 | 130 | #796 |
| 1985 | 99 | #910 |
| 1984 | 106 | #854 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,049 |
| 1982 | 93 | #927 |
| 1981 | 71 | #1,077 |
| 1980 | 64 | #1,133 |
| 1979 | 65 | #1,108 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,333 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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