Darin: Meaning of Baby Name Darin

About the Name Darin

Darin is a smooth, mid-century-flavored English name often read simply as "great." Closely tied to the more common Darren, it rose to familiarity in the twentieth century as a friendly, easygoing boys' name, and its trim spelling gives it a clean, approachable look that has aged into a likable retro choice. It carries the relaxed, all-American warmth of a name that feels at once familiar and comfortably out of the ordinary today.

In modern Social Security records the name had a short run at the lower edge of the top-1000. Darin first entered the US top-1000 in 2000, peaked in 2003 at rank #764, and slipped off the list after 2005, when it stood at #929. Altogether it was given to about 1,241 boys during those years, the signature of a once-popular name settling into gentler use as the broader Darren-and-Darin family gradually receded from heavy fashion.

Darin's appeal lies in its warm, unpretentious sound and its nostalgic, easygoing feel, a name that wears its mid-century roots with charm. It comes with one of the largest sets of close cousins around: recorded variants include Daran, Daren, Daron, Darrin, Darron, Darryn, Derren, Derrian, and Derrin, giving parents an unusually wide range of spellings for the same friendly and likable name.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.

Quick Facts About Darin

5,642

English baby names in our dictionary

3,391

English male names

220

5-letter D-names in our dictionary

618

D-male names total

2000–2005

years of US SSA records (6 total)

1,241

total US births named Darin (all years)

US Popularity History (2000–2005)

📉 Falling fast: Darin dropped 149 places in the US boys ranking over the last 5 years (#780 in 2000 → #929 in 2005).

Annual US births named Darin by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2003 with 231 boys named Darin (boy rank #764 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2005, ranked #929 for boys (188 US births). That's 165 places below its 2003 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Variant Forms

Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Daran	Great.	Male	English
Daren	Hausa Of West Africa Name Meaning "Born At Night."	Male	African
Daron	Great.	Male	English
Darrin	Great.	Male	English
Darron	Great.	Male	English
Darryn	Great.	Male	English
Derren	Great.	Male	English
Derrian	Great.	Male	English
Derrin	Great.	Male	English

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