Darien
Darien is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Darien
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Darien is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Darien
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Darien as a girl name dates back to 1937, when 6 babies received it. 1995 was its biggest year on record, with 175 newborns named Darien — #1,037 in the national rankings. About 57% of every Darien on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Darien last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Darien as a boy name dates back to 1949, when 7 babies received it. 1994 was its biggest year on record, with 607 newborns named Darien — #383 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Darien on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Darien ranks #1,294 for boys with 151 births, holding steady (-4%). All told, over 11K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Darien
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Darien. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Darien
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About the name Darien
Darien is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Darien's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #383. Use the chart and map above to compare Darien's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.