# Darien (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/darien/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,826 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,977 / 1,849 (14% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 140, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 21 | 6,188 |
| 2007 | 14 | 8,643 |
| 2008 | 21 | 6,404 |
| 2009 | 11 | 10,149 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,665 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12,451 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,846 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,521 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,203 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,271 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12,802 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,232 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,691 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,559 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15,848 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 241 | 872 |
| 2012 | 210 | 960 |
| 2013 | 198 | 996 |
| 2014 | 212 | 983 |
| 2015 | 189 | 1,050 |
| 2016 | 182 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 174 | 1,110 |
| 2018 | 144 | 1,277 |
| 2019 | 151 | 1,245 |
| 2020 | 135 | 1,328 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1,385 |
| 2022 | 120 | 1,508 |
| 2023 | 131 | 1,404 |
| 2024 | 158 | 1,251 |
| 2025 | 125 | 1,436 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## 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.