Darwin

What Darwin means

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

Editor’s note Down from #869 in 2015 to #960 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Darwin?

US: Falling: down from #869 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1046 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1935, when 330 boys got the name (#299 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 7,087 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 15,108 baby boys in England and Wales 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 IA (0.43 per 1,000 boys), CT (0.38 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.37 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Darwin is #960 in the US and #1466 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Darwin 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

• Derwin16 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.

If you like Darwin

Boys

• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Kamden#717Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1986, with 6 babies
• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*
• Ryland#703“rye + land”^*

For a sister

• Harlow#309Editor’s note Used for both: 85% of US babies named Harlow in 2025 were girls
• Marley#322Editor’s note Down from #218 in 2015 to #322 in 2025 in the US
• Adley#805Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #805 vs #2,006 in 2025
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Darwin’s. Rank is US 2025.