# Darion (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/darion/  
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 | 7,773 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,212 / 561 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 39, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 46 | 2,682 |
| 1997 | 39 | 3,045 |
| 1998 | 36 | 3,365 |
| 1999 | 29 | 3,997 |
| 2000 | 15 | 6,893 |
| 2001 | 12 | 8,319 |
| 2002 | 12 | 8,422 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,381 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16,747 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,350 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10,302 |
| 2008 | 9 | 11,833 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,064 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10,611 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,522 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 143 | 1,222 |
| 2012 | 114 | 1,448 |
| 2013 | 111 | 1,477 |
| 2014 | 75 | 1,927 |
| 2015 | 71 | 2,023 |
| 2016 | 87 | 1,765 |
| 2017 | 76 | 1,899 |
| 2018 | 77 | 1,925 |
| 2019 | 54 | 2,467 |
| 2020 | 67 | 2,096 |
| 2021 | 70 | 2,080 |
| 2022 | 43 | 2,929 |
| 2023 | 45 | 2,812 |
| 2024 | 48 | 2,721 |
| 2025 | 40 | 3,048 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 2,350 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Darion

- Darion Atkins, American basketball player (born 1992)

## 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.