Daren
Daren was the 3197th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 271st with 761 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 220 places. More babies were named Daren in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,197 boys, up 310 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 37boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1965761 babies
- Total since 1880
- 11,049babies recorded
Daren popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 194 since 1950.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,197 | 37 |
| 2020 | #3,507 | 31 |
| 2010 | #1,902 | 75 |
| 2000 | #1,243 | 107 |
| 1990 | #887 | 135 |
| 1980 | #643 | 182 |
| 1970 | #438 | 348 |
| 1960 | #615 | 161 |
| 1950 | #1,711 | 19 |
| 1940 | #3,559 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Daren, counting every spelling?
Daren is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,541 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,197 for Daren on its own. Together these spellings went to 102 boys in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Daren?
37 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Daren (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Daren born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 226 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Daren.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Daren?
About 9,500 people born in the US named Daren are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 35 and 59. That makes Daren mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Daren by state
How common Daren was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Daren: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Daren, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Daren
How popular is the name Daren?
Daren was the 3197th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 271st with 761 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 220 places. More babies were named Daren in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Daren a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Daren in the US.
Where is Daren most popular?
In 2021–2025, Daren was most common in Texas (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and New York.