Darrin
- Pronunciation
- [Da-rrin]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Great.
- Origin
- English
Darrin Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 29,581 baby boys have been named Darrin. The name peaked in 1965 with 3,255 US births that year (rank #102). In 2024, ranked #3394 nationally — 3,292 places below its 1965 peak.
Top States for Darrin
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Darrin births are: California (2,979), New York (1,723), Illinois (1,709).
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6-Letter Names Starting with D
Names with Darrin's exact length and starting letter: Dacian, Daegal, Daegan, Daelan, Daelyn.
Quick Facts About Darrin
US Popularity History (2000–2004)
Annual US births named Darrin by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 183 boys named Darrin (boy rank #865 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2004, ranked #986 for boys (169 US births). That's 121 places below its 2000 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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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Darrin against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).