Daren Boy
How popular is Daren?
#3,180 boy name in 2025
37 baby boys were named Daren in the US in 2025, making it the 3180th most popular boy name.
Daren popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,180 for boys (▼ 345 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 37 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-5% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,965 in 2015, #3,495 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1965 (761 boys) |
| Highest rank | #271 in 1965 |
| First recorded | 1922 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Daren counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Darren family of names ranked #627 for boys in 2025 (#575 the year before), with 419 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Darren | 187 | 45% |
| Darrin | 34 | 8% |
| Darin | 31 | 7% |
| Daron | 33 | 8% |
| Dayron | 46 | 11% |
| Daren | 37 | 9% |
| Darron | 12 | 3% |
| Daryn | 5 | 1% |
| Darryn | 7 | 2% |
| Dayren | 15 | 4% |
| Dairon | 12 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Daren is most popular
Babies named Daren per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (14 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Daren by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 77 | #1,222 |
| 1930s | 31 | #2,367 |
| 1940s | 96 | #1,702 |
| 1950s | 288 | #816 |
| 1960s | 3,951 | #271 |
| 1970s | 2,174 | #438 |
| 1980s | 1,558 | #624 |
| 1990s | 1,062 | #883 |
| 2000s | 910 | #1,238 |
| 2010s | 498 | #1,848 |
| 2020s | 210 | #2,835 |
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Questions
- Is Daren a boy or girl name?
- Daren is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Daren were boys.
- How popular is the name Daren?
- 37 baby boys were named Daren in the US in 2025, making it the 3180th most popular boy name.
- When was Daren most popular?
- Daren peaked in 1965, when 761 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #271 in 1965.
- How many people are named Daren?
- 11,049 babies have been named Daren in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,820 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 51.
- Where is Daren most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Daren was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.