Darian

What Darian means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Darian yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #788 in 2015 to #927 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Darian?

US: Falling: down from #788 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1236 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1994, when 674 boys got the name (#358 that year). First in the US records in 1939.

How common

• About 1 in 6,725 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 14,312 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.08 per 1,000 boys), CT (0.38 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.33 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Darian is #927 in the US and #1406 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 93.4% of US babies named Darian were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Dorian557 US · 46 E&W
• Darien125 US
• Derian51 US
• Darion40 US
• Darrien24 US
• Darrion21 US
• Darrian16 US
• Torian12 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Darien

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Darian

Boys

• Austin#113“majestic”^*
• Samuel#18“God has set or God has placed”^*
• Alejandro#195“defender of man”^*
• Christian#96Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 16,059 babies; 3,641 in 2025
• Clayton#300“clay + enclosure, settlement; town”^*
• Jacob#43“May He Heel”^*

For a sister

• Hannah#56“grace, gracious, graced with child”^*
• Brianna#222Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #82 in 2015, #222 in 2025
• Julia#131Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2001, with 8,838 babies; 2,172 in 2025
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Maria#87Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1964, with 10,148 babies; 2,887 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Darian’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.