Recorded 1939–2025 · United States
Darian was most popular in 1994, when 1,543 American babies were given the name — ranking #395 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,811, with 272 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 23,297 people named Darian.
Darian first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1939, which makes it about 86 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 78 of the 87 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 23,297 American births named Darian between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 22,618 are estimated to be alive today.
272 American babies were named Darian in 2025, ranking #1,811 that year.
Darian is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 250 births a year, against 324 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -23% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Darian is a unisex name — 26.9% of the 23,297 Americans given it were girls and 73.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1996 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 22,618 Americans named Darian are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 28 years old, and half are between 19 and 32.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org