Daren

maleStatistical record

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

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

Daren: Recorded since 1968, its highest recorded position is #126, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#126highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#2142
2005	#3849
2007	#3095
2008	#3687
2009	#2126
2010	#2400
2011	#2194
2012	#2270
2013	#2954
2014	#2690
2015	#2483
2016	#2335
2018	#3959
2020	#3334
2022	#4001
2023	#4107
2024	#4270

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 22 of the 27 years from 1968 to 1994.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1968–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1968–1994
Highest recorded position: #126 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1970 (recorded 1968–1994).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Daren appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 221 births with the name.

Daren 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.

Daren'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 · Boys	#222 (1968)	#126 (1970)	#247 (1994)	22 of 27	221 (1968–1994)	26 (1970)
England and Wales · Boys	#2142 (2000)	#2126 (2009)	#4270 (2024)	17 of 25	103 (2000–2024)	9 (2009)

Daren by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Daren in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	10	2 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	154	10 of 10	15
1980s	48	8 of 10	6
1990s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Daren 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 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #126 in Republic of Ireland in 1970.

Daren'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	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	8	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#212	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	21	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	19	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	18	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	18	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	9	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	19	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	26	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	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 1968 and 2024, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #126, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1970.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 32 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.

Dardan · #1850, 11y
Dareen · #3227, 13y
Daria · #224, 47y
Darian · #503, 29y

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.

Alida · #127, 35y
Susann · #125, 43y
Siobhain · #128, 39y
Mel · #129, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Aislinn · #126, 56y
Keelin · #126, 52y
Colman · #125, 48y
Donagh · #125, 61y

Daren was ranked #126 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1970. 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.

Daren 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 Daren without appearing here.

Daren moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3687 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2126 and #4527.
Malin Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3849 and #3849 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #4333.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Daren

Mathias Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2142 and #2501 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1617.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2335 and #2556 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #1786.
Gustav Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2335 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2259.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2335 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Daren

Albie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daren went from #2142 to #4270 while Albie went from #624 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daren went from #2142 to #4270 while Alfie went from #57 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daren went from #2142 to #4270 while Alfred went from #139 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daren went from #2142 to #4270 while Archie went from #81 to #10.

Moved the same way as Daren

Aaron Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daren went from #2142 to #4270 and Aaron from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daren went from #2142 to #4270 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daren went from #2142 to #4270 and Alan from #262 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daren went from #2142 to #4270 and Alex from #48 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #126 in Republic of Ireland in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Daren

Daren at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Daren across 2 official records

Daren by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Daren appears in

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Daren across 2 official records

Daren by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Daren appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Daren

Daren and the names beside it

Daren moved ahead of

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