Darris
Darris was the 12461st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 1169th with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,701 places. More babies were named Darris in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,461 boys, down 4,238 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 198360 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,089babies recorded
Darris popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 98 since 1917.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,461 | 5 |
| 2020 | #8,223 | 9 |
| 2010 | #5,801 | 15 |
| 2000 | #4,437 | 17 |
| 1990 | #1,636 | 50 |
| 1980 | #1,359 | 48 |
| 1970 | #1,378 | 37 |
| 1960 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,236 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,934 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #4,449 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Darris, counting every spelling?
Darris is a spelling of Daris, a name family that had 21 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 21 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daris | 16 | #5,661 | 62 |
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 Darris?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Darris (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Darris 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 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Darris.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Darris?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Darris are alive today, with a median age of 43; half are between 33 and 57. That makes Darris 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.
Darris by state
How common Darris was among boys born in each state in 1981–1985, around its peak. In 44 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 Darris: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Darris, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Darris
How popular is the name Darris?
Darris was the 12461st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 1169th with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,701 places. More babies were named Darris in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Darris a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Darris in the US.
Where was Darris most popular?
In 1981–1985, Darris was most common in Missouri (0.09 per 1,000 boys), followed by Michigan and Louisiana.