Darian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Darian: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #503 in 2015, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#503highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2001

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1958
1998	#2701
1999	#2770
2000	#2416
2001	#2783

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 boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1329 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1434 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2012–2021
Highest recorded position: #503 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2015 (recorded 2012–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Darian appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 331 births with the name.

Darian across 3 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.

Darian'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
England and Wales · Boys	#898 (1996)	#898 (1996)	#1322 (2024)	29 of 29	331 (1996–2024)	21 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#616 (2012)	#503 (2015)	#755 (2021)	4 of 10	16 (2012–2021)	6 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#1434 (1996)	#1434 (1996)	#2783 (2001)	6 of 6	41 (1996–2001)	12 (1996)

Darian by decade in England and Wales · 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 Darian in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000s	75	10 of 10	8
2010s	129	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	97	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Darian 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #503 in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

Darian'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1272	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #503, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 16 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.

Daren · #126, 39y
Daria · #224, 47y
Darija · #612, 10y
Darin · #206, 26y

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.

Izabel · #504, 28y
Jayda · #502, 29y
Kaira · #502, 29y
Kyah · #502, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Mohammod · #503, 26y
Ashlin · #502, 12y
Cherise · #502, 19y
Izabel · #504, 28y

Darian was ranked #503 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2015. 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.

Darian 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 Darian without appearing here.

Darian moved ahead of

Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3095 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1236 and #4747.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2892 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2248 and #4632.
Madison Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1669 and #3987.
Barry Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2556 and #2027 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1289 and #3040.

Moved ahead of Darian

Emil Compare
In 1996 they stood at #898 and #976 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #629.
Lachlan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #898 and #1040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #678.
Oisin Compare
In 1996 they stood at #898 and #976 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #759.
Oskar Compare
In 1996 they stood at #898 and #976 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #759.

Moved the opposite way to Darian

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darian went from #898 to #1322 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darian went from #898 to #1322 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darian went from #898 to #1322 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darian went from #898 to #1322 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Darian

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darian went from #898 to #1322 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darian went from #898 to #1322 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darian went from #898 to #1322 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darian went from #898 to #1322 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #503 in Republic of Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Darian

Darian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darian across 3 official records

Darian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Darian at a glance

Darian across 3 official records

Darian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Names published alongside Darian

Darian and the names beside it

Darian moved ahead of

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