# Daren (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/daren/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,049 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,855 / 194 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 110, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 8 | 4,956 |
| 1963 | 9 | 4,606 |
| 1964 | 8 | 5,099 |
| 1965 | 7 | 5,396 |
| 1966 | 11 | 4,009 |
| 1967 | 5 | 7,002 |
| 1968 | 9 | 4,852 |
| 1969 | 5 | 7,698 |
| 1970 | 12 | 4,552 |
| 1971 | 6 | 7,581 |
| 1974 | 6 | 7,910 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,427 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,643 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13,950 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 76 | 1,852 |
| 2012 | 56 | 2,300 |
| 2013 | 50 | 2,469 |
| 2014 | 57 | 2,303 |
| 2015 | 39 | 2,977 |
| 2016 | 37 | 3,121 |
| 2017 | 35 | 3,260 |
| 2018 | 41 | 2,905 |
| 2019 | 32 | 3,508 |
| 2020 | 31 | 3,507 |
| 2021 | 35 | 3,313 |
| 2022 | 25 | 4,206 |
| 2023 | 37 | 3,241 |
| 2024 | 45 | 2,839 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,197 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,126 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Daren

- Daren Kagasoff, American actor
- Daren Puppa, Canadian ice hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.