Is Daryn a boy or girl name?

Daryn is a unisex name. Of the 3,402 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 29.0% were girls and 71.0% were boys. It changed hands in 2005, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Daryn

Recorded 1954–2025 · United States

Daryn was most popular in 1965, when 116 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,606 that year. In 2025 it ranked #24,763, with 5 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,402 people named Daryn.

Daryn over time

Births per year. The dot marks Daryn’s peak in 1965. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Daryn a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Daryn is a unisex name — 29.0% of the 3,402 Americans given it were girls and 71.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2005 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 39% girls and 61% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Daryn

Where Daryn is most concentrated

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