# Darwin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/darwin/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “a given name”, “dear”, “friend” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɑɹwɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Darwen, Derwin |
| US babies named this | 26,436 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26,347 / 89 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 457, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Darwin, Derwin, from Old English Dēorwine (“a given name”), composed of dēore (“dear”) + wine (“friend”). The city in Australia is named after Charles Darwin.

## What it means

Darwin is grouped under friend and love.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 7 | 3,487 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,905 |
| 1958 | 7 | 5,004 |
| 1964 | 6 | 6,157 |
| 1967 | 5 | 7,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,956 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16,753 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,212 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17,990 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13,830 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,214 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,781 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,569 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,233 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 291 | 773 |
| 2012 | 248 | 856 |
| 2013 | 259 | 829 |
| 2014 | 236 | 909 |
| 2015 | 256 | 869 |
| 2016 | 263 | 857 |
| 2017 | 266 | 833 |
| 2018 | 237 | 907 |
| 2019 | 223 | 958 |
| 2020 | 248 | 905 |
| 2021 | 196 | 1,083 |
| 2022 | 229 | 984 |
| 2023 | 228 | 970 |
| 2024 | 293 | 839 |
| 2025 | 241 | 961 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,398 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,035 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,124 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,053 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: دَارْوِين
- Armenian: Դարվին
- Bulgarian: Да́рвин
- Chinese: 達爾文 /达尔文
- Georgian: დარვინი
- German: Darwin
- Greek: Δαρβίνος
- Japanese: ダーウィン
- Korean: 다윈
- Polish: Darwin
- Portuguese: Darwin
- Romanian: Darwin
- Russian: Да́рвин

## People named Darwin

- Darwin Quintero, Colombian footballer
- Darwin Andrade, Colombian footballer
- Darwin Shaw, British actor
- Darwin Barney, American baseball player
- Darwin Joston, American actor (1937-1998)
- Darwin Peña, Bolivian footballer
- Erasmus D. Keyes, Businessman, banker, and military general (1810-1895)

## 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.