Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Darren” in the USA?

Number of people named “Darren” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Darren” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Darren” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Darren” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Darren” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Darren” by birth year

This chart shows how “Darren” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 22 0.000005972 22 -100%
1952 68 0.000017904 68 -100%
1953 43 0.000011158 43 -100%
1954 39 0.000009797 39 -100%
1955 34 0.000008468 34 -100%
1956 49 0.000011884 5 44 -80%
1957 78 0.000018562 6 72 -85%
1958 423 0.000102325 7 416 -97%
1959 1311 0.000315296 12 1299 -98%
1960 2223 0.000535171 15 2208 -99%
1961 1800 0.000434541 17 1783 -98%
1962 1930 0.000478271 8 1922 -99%
1963 2088 0.000527513 7 2081 -99%
1964 2658 0.000683711 14 2644 -99%
1965 5963 0.001644762 25 5938 -99%
1966 4756 0.001368375 36 4720 -98%
1967 4469 0.001316388 28 4441 -99%
1968 4670 0.001382306 30 4640 -99%
1969 4690 0.001349515 29 4661 -99%
1970 4230 0.001172878 33 4197 -98%
1971 3174 0.00092473 18 3156 -99%
1972 2686 0.000854599 11 2675 -99%
1973 2300 0.000762375 11 2289 -99%
1974 2085 0.000685856 11 2074 -99%
1975 2050 0.000678944 16 2034 -98%
1976 1707 0.000562568 14 1693 -98%
1977 1517 0.000477571 13 1504 -98%
1978 1467 0.000462212 14 1453 -98%
1979 1513 0.000454764 10 1503 -99%
1980 1544 0.00044825 11 1533 -99%
1981 1431 0.000413659 5 1426 -99%
1982 1500 0.000427599 12 1488 -98%
1983 1616 0.000466602 17 1599 -98%
1984 1562 0.000447724 14 1548 -98%
1985 1720 0.000481913 19 1701 -98%
1986 1594 0.000448121 14 1580 -98%
1987 1617 0.000448467 16 1601 -98%
1988 1609 0.000435448 11 1598 -99%
1989 1635 0.000425289 10 1625 -99%
1990 1513 0.000382798 7 1506 -99%
1991 1314 0.000337333 7 1307 -99%
1992 1331 0.0003465 7 1324 -99%
1993 1438 0.000381404 6 1432 -99%
1994 1455 0.000391376 11 1444 -98%
1995 1290 0.000352252 1290 -100%
1996 1140 0.000312569 1140 -100%
1997 1020 0.000281321 1020 -100%
1998 1032 0.000280571 5 1027 -99%
1999 1029 0.00027857 1029 -100%
2000 1007 0.000266409 1007 -100%
2001 948 0.000253246 948 -100%
2002 969 0.000259209 969 -100%
2003 977 0.000256948 977 -100%
2004 891 0.00023319 891 -100%
2005 864 0.000224716 864 -100%
2006 824 0.000208281 824 -100%
2007 876 0.000219127 876 -100%
2008 799 0.000203273 799 -100%
2009 765 0.000200253 765 -100%
2010 695 0.000188054 695 -100%
2011 681 0.000186178 681 -100%
2012 667 0.000182372 667 -100%
2013 593 0.000162659 593 -100%
2014 569 0.000153519 569 -100%
2015 527 0.000142397 527 -100%
2016 528 0.00014392 528 -100%
2017 470 0.000131425 7 463 -97%
2018 393 0.000111778 393 -100%
2019 374 0.000107752 374 -100%
2020 344 0.000102976 344 -100%
2021 305 0.000090025 305 -100%
2022 284 0.000083946 284 -100%
2023 223 0.000067347 223 -100%
2024 238 0.000071504 238 -100%

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