# Daria (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/daria/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɑːɹi.ə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,068 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 9,063 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,853, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Feminine form of Darius, of Old Persian origin. Name of an early Christian saint.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 124 | 1,694 |
| 2012 | 91 | 2,104 |
| 2013 | 86 | 2,175 |
| 2014 | 104 | 1,926 |
| 2015 | 125 | 1,699 |
| 2016 | 98 | 2,019 |
| 2017 | 96 | 2,042 |
| 2018 | 124 | 1,677 |
| 2019 | 113 | 1,806 |
| 2020 | 101 | 1,896 |
| 2021 | 96 | 2,010 |
| 2022 | 114 | 1,796 |
| 2023 | 104 | 1,909 |
| 2024 | 101 | 1,958 |
| 2025 | 107 | 1,858 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 8,144 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62 | 645 |
| 2012 | 75 | 565 |
| 2013 | 87 | 484 |
| 2014 | 100 | 439 |
| 2015 | 96 | 449 |
| 2016 | 119 | 382 |
| 2017 | 139 | 344 |
| 2018 | 150 | 317 |
| 2019 | 153 | 313 |
| 2020 | 129 | 347 |
| 2021 | 131 | 355 |
| 2022 | 92 | 457 |
| 2023 | 65 | 590 |
| 2024 | 67 | 583 |
| 2025 | 45 | 807 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Dària
- Czech: Darja
- Finnish: Tarja
- Georgian: დარია
- Italian: Daria
- Polish: Daria
- Russian: Дарья

## People named Daria

- Daria Kinzer, Croatian pop singer
- Daria Werbowy, Canadian model, artist, and photographer
- Daria Rae, American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Daria Lorenci, actress
- Daria Pratt, Amateur golfer (1859–1938)
- Daria Halprin, American author, dancer, and former actress
- Daria Pchelnik, Belarusian hammer thrower

## 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.