Darran

maleStatistical record

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

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

Darran: Recorded since 1969, it reached #132 in 1983, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#132highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2017

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#1345
1998	#1485
2000	#2501
2005	#3849
2006	#4052
2008	#4432
2017	#4812

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 every year from 1969 to 1998.

In 1998: #369 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1485 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2017 · 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 recorded1969–1998
Highest recorded position: #132 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1983 (recorded 1969–1998).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #4812 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Boys

Darran appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 409 births with the name.

Darran 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.

Darran'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	#291 (1969)	#132 (1983)	#369 (1998)	30 of 30	409 (1969–1998)	31 (1983)
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#1345 (1997)	#4812 (2017)	8 of 22	40 (1996–2017)	9 (1997)

Darran 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 Darran in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970s	133	10 of 10	13
1980sbusiest	205	10 of 10	21
1990s	68	9 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Darran 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 2017. Highest recorded position: #132 in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Darran'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
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	14	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	18	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	19	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	29	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	9	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	31	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	23	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	29	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	22	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	25	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	22	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	14	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#173	16	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	9	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	9	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	9	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	14	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 2017, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #132, first reached in 1983.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 27 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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Darragh · #11, 61y
Darrel · #317, 20y
Darrell · #96, 53y

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.

Lotta · #132, 34y
Mel · #129, 39y
Nicklas · #136, 40y
Siobhain · #128, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Lotta · #132, 34y
Pauric · #132, 55y
Breda · #131, 49y
Brid · #131, 54y

Darran was ranked #132 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1983. 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.

Darran 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 Darran without appearing here.

Darran moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1985 they stood at #202 and #177 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1986 that had become #135 and #256.
Julian Compare
In 1992 they stood at #251 and #202 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1993 that had become #235 and #339.
Bruce Compare
In 1969 they stood at #291 and #291 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1970 that had become #167 and #251.
Jan Compare
In 1970 they stood at #291 and #291 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1971 that had become #204 and #280.

Moved ahead of Darran

Ronny Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1485 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #919.
Fredrik Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1485 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1617.
Henrik Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2501 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2174.
Isak Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2501 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2418.

Moved the opposite way to Darran

Cillian Compare
Between 1970 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darran went from #167 to #369 while Cillian went from #305 to #60.
Jack Compare
Between 1970 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darran went from #167 to #369 while Jack went from #305 to #3.
Scott Compare
Between 1970 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darran went from #167 to #369 while Scott went from #235 to #81.
Fionn Compare
Between 1971 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darran went from #204 to #369 while Fionn went from #257 to #91.

Moved the same way as Darran

Sebastian Compare
Between 1970 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darran went from #167 to #369 and Sebastian from #251 to #369.

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 1969 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #132 in Republic of Ireland in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Darran

Darran at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darran across 2 official records

Darran by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Darran at a glance

Darran across 2 official records

Darran by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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