Darin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Darin: Recorded since 1969, with a gap of 17 years, its highest recorded position is #206, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#206highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Darin's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2010

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#5707

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #291 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1969–1979
Highest recorded position: #206 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1970 (recorded 1969–1979).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Darin appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 21 ranked years and 260 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1969.

Darin 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.

Darin'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	#2337 (1997)	#848 (2009)	#2088 (2024)	21 of 28	260 (1997–2024)	33 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#291 (1969)	#206 (1970)	#324 (1979)	5 of 11	22 (1969–1979)	8 (1970)

Darin 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 Darin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	54	5 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	168	10 of 10	17
2020s	31	4 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births rose by 25, from 8 to 33.

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

Darin 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 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #206 in Republic of Ireland in 1970.

Darin'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1159	23	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1035	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#848	33	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	8	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	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 1969 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #206, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 28 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.

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Darina · #174, 55y
Dario · #286, 33y

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.

Elian · #207, 25y
Findlay · #209, 29y
Jeff · #203, 31y
Eliah · #211, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Cahal · #206, 18y
Rosarie · #206, 17y
Turlough · #206, 46y
Myra · #207, 49y

Darin was ranked #206 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.

Darin 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 Darin without appearing here.

Darin moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3225 and #2636 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #848 and #4527.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Darin

Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1703 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2693 and #1382.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2104 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #2125.
Mathias Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1045 and #1209 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1589 and #1119.
Matheo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2104 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #3017.

Moved the opposite way to Darin

Ronny Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Darin went from #3849 to #2088 while Ronny went from #919 to #1460.
Kim Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Darin went from #2337 to #1159 while Kim went from #1174 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Darin

Garry Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Darin went from #2337 to #3523 and Garry from #914 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Darin went from #2337 to #3523 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #206 in Republic of Ireland in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Darin

Darin at a glance

What stands out in Darin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darin across 2 official records

Darin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Darin at a glance

What stands out in Darin's record

Darin across 2 official records

Darin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Darin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Darin

Darin and the names beside it

Darin moved ahead of

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