Dario
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Rich
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Dario
Dario is the Italian and Spanish form of Darius, from an old Persian name often interpreted as "rich," "wealthy," or "one who upholds the good." It carries the grandeur of the ancient Persian kings who bore Darius — rulers of one of the largest empires of antiquity — while sounding warm and contemporary in its Romance-language dress. Pronounced with a flowing, three-syllable lilt, Dario blends real historical depth with an easy, musical charm, making it feel both substantial and effortlessly stylish on a modern child.
Dario first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and has charted continuously through 2024, a long and steady run without a missed year. It reached its peak in 2024 at its best national rank of #635, the strongest year in a recent run that moved from #676 in 2022 to #663 in 2023 before its 2024 high. Across its top-1000 years it accounts for 6,390 births, and its trajectory has been gently but consistently rising — a name quietly gaining favor rather than coasting on past popularity.
The name's appeal lies in its smooth elegance and its easy crossover between Italian, Spanish, and English-speaking settings, making it a natural pick for bilingual and bicultural families. With roots reaching back to Persian antiquity and a thoroughly modern, melodic sound, Dario offers a rare combination of grandeur and warmth in a single graceful name.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Dario
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Dario by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2024 with 439 boys named Dario (boy rank #635 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #760 for boys (339 US births). That's 125 places below its 2024 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.
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Where in the US Is Dario Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Dario the strongest states are Nevada, California, Texas.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada | #444 | 27 |
| 2 | California | #457 | 701 |
| 3 | Texas | #480 | 613 |
| 4 | Arizona | #573 | 112 |
| 5 | Colorado | #620 | 66 |
| 6 | Illinois | #631 | 129 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | #638 | 19 |
| 8 | Florida | #686 | 175 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | #764 | 16 |
| 10 | Maryland | #800 | 21 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #878 | 26 |
| 2 | Indiana | #865 | 18 |
| 3 | New York | #854 | 62 |
| 4 | Washington | #804 | 59 |
| 5 | Maryland | #800 | 21 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #764 | 16 |
| 7 | Florida | #686 | 175 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | #638 | 19 |
| 9 | Illinois | #631 | 129 |
| 10 | Colorado | #620 | 66 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Dario in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Dario to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Dario against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).