# Daron (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/daron/  
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 | Armenian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Taron |
| US babies named this | 7,812 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,652 / 160 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Armenian Տարոն (Taron, Western Armenian pronunciation).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 6 | 9,381 |
| 1982 | 17 | 4,383 |
| 1983 | 6 | 9,304 |
| 1984 | 10 | 6,403 |
| 1985 | 17 | 4,501 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6,716 |
| 1987 | 7 | 8,996 |
| 1988 | 16 | 5,107 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6,639 |
| 1990 | 10 | 8,029 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,672 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8,229 |
| 1993 | 8 | 9,789 |
| 1996 | 10 | 8,306 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,704 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 89 | 1,679 |
| 2012 | 79 | 1,850 |
| 2013 | 56 | 2,290 |
| 2014 | 55 | 2,348 |
| 2015 | 59 | 2,257 |
| 2016 | 60 | 2,238 |
| 2017 | 54 | 2,394 |
| 2018 | 34 | 3,311 |
| 2019 | 47 | 2,702 |
| 2020 | 48 | 2,629 |
| 2021 | 35 | 3,314 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,011 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,026 |
| 2024 | 21 | 4,736 |
| 2025 | 33 | 3,460 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |

## People named Daron

- Daron Malakian, Armenian-American rock musician
- Daron Rahlves, American alpine skier
- DaRon Holmes II, American basketball player (born 2002)
- Daron Payne, American football player (born 1997)
- Daron Hagen, American composer, conductor, pianist, librettist, stage director
- Marcus Lamb, American televangelist (1957–2021)

## 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.