Darina

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Darina: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Darina: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #174, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#174highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2008	#2487
2009	#5556
2010	#4012
2011	#4049
2012	#3285
2013	#5742
2014	#2314
2015	#2328
2016	#2757
2017	#2502
2018	#2187
2019	#2643
2020	#4535
2021	#3519
2022	#3970
2023	#3598
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 37 of the 54 years from 1964 to 2017.

In 2017: #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2502 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #245 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2017
Highest recorded position: #174 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1964–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Darina appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 317 births with the name.

Darina across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Darina's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#245 (1964)	#174 (1966)	#873 (2017)	37 of 54	317 (1964–2017)	23 (1991)
England and Wales · Girls	#3912 (2000)	#2187 (2018)	#5891 (2024)	21 of 25	131 (2000–2024)	12 (2018)

Darina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Darina in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	61	6 of 10	10
1970s	95	10 of 10	10
1980s	85	10 of 10	9
1990s	66	8 of 10	8
2010s	10	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Darina appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #174 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Darina's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	23	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	12	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	8	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	8	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	10	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#337	9	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	13	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	9	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	12	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	10	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	21	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	14	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #174, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1991.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 36 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Darija · #612, 10y
Darin · #206, 26y
Dario · #286, 33y
Daris · #2319, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Klaus · #175, 60y
Sheena · #173, 54y
Christel · #170, 54y
Blathnaid · #168, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Gwendoline · #174, 45y
Herbert · #175, 42y
Rhona · #175, 59y
Sheena · #173, 54y

Darina was ranked #174 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Darina and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Darina without appearing here.

Darina moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #5666.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2314 and #5691.
Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.
Josefine Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Darina

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2843.
Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Carter Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #3117.

Moved the opposite way to Darina

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Darina went from #245 to #873 while Aisling went from #154 to #86.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Darina went from #245 to #873 while Alexandra went from #222 to #111.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Darina went from #245 to #873 while Anna went from #34 to #12.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Darina went from #245 to #873 while Aoife went from #206 to #17.

Moved the same way as Darina

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Darina went from #245 to #873 and Alma from #327 to #579.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Darina went from #245 to #873 and Audrey from #85 to #471.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Darina went from #245 to #873 and Eileen from #17 to #396.
Elaine Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Darina went from #245 to #873 and Elaine from #58 to #651.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #174 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Darina

Darina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darina across 2 official records

Darina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Darina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Darina at a glance

Darina across 2 official records

Darina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Darina appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Darina

Darina and the names beside it

Darina moved ahead of

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