# Darin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/darin/  
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 | 32,910 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 32,546 / 364 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 269, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | 12,131 |
| 1993 | 9 | 8,896 |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,946 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,273 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,699 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13,583 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9,553 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,303 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,138 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12,698 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12,971 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,209 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,431 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,198 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16,886 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 102 | 1,548 |
| 2012 | 88 | 1,714 |
| 2013 | 80 | 1,797 |
| 2014 | 77 | 1,892 |
| 2015 | 70 | 2,038 |
| 2016 | 70 | 2,029 |
| 2017 | 61 | 2,195 |
| 2018 | 34 | 3,310 |
| 2019 | 55 | 2,433 |
| 2020 | 45 | 2,737 |
| 2021 | 43 | 2,872 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,708 |
| 2023 | 37 | 3,242 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,537 |
| 2025 | 31 | 3,595 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 | 1,201 |
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,035 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,159 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Darin

- Darin Brooks, American actor
- Darin LaHood, American politician from Illinois
- Darin Morgan, American screenwriter
- Darin Ruf, American baseball player
- Darin Erstad, American baseball player and coach

## 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.