Darrin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Darrin: Recorded since 1965, with a gap of 15 years, its highest recorded position is #58, and it stood at #4,789 in 2021.

4registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#58highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Darrin's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2021

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
2002	#3225
2018	#3959
2020	#3848
2021	#4789

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 England and Wales in 5 of the 25 years from 1997 to 2021.

In 1971: #94 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #204 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1965–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #68 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1965–1966
Highest recorded position: #58 among boys in New Zealand, in 1965 (recorded 1965–1966).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Darrin appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 9 ranked years and 52 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1965.

Darrin across 4 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.

Darrin'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)	#2337 (1997)	#4789 (2021)	5 of 25	18 (1997–2021)	4 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#246 (1969)	#173 (1970)	#278 (1989)	9 of 21	52 (1969–1989)	13 (1970)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#68 (1965)	#67 (1966)	#94 (1971)	7 of 7	637 (1965–1971)	132 (1966)
New Zealand · Boys	#58 (1965)	#58 (1965)	#80 (1966)	2 of 2	217 (1965–1966)	130 (1965)

Darrin 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 Darrin in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	40	6 of 10	7
1980s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Darrin 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 4 regions, from 1965 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #58 in New Zealand in 1965.

Darrin'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	72	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New Zealand	male	#80	87	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#58	130	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	9	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#173	13	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
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 4 registrars between 1965 and 2021, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #58, first reached in 1965.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 132 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1966.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1965, 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.

Darrell · #96, 53y
Darren · #10, 66y
Darron · #260, 15y
Darryl · #58, 66y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Kingston · #54, 23y
Maeva · #70, 22y
Ayda · #82, 18y
Jax · #87, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Catriona · #58, 60y
Rebekka · #58, 55y
Clinton · #59, 46y
Eamon · #59, 62y

Darrin was ranked #58 in New Zealand · Boys in 1965. 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.

Darrin 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 Darrin without appearing here.

Darrin moved ahead of

Florence Compare
In 1988 they stood at #330 and #286 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1989 that had become #278 and #307.
Harry Compare
In 1988 they stood at #330 and #330 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1989 that had become #278 and #307.
Jude Compare
In 1988 they stood at #330 and #268 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1989 that had become #278 and #307.

Moved ahead of Darrin

Scott Compare
In 1971 they stood at #204 and #280 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1972 that had become #254 and #158.
Jack Compare
In 1981 they stood at #251 and #265 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1982 that had become #330 and #235.
Ryan Compare
In 1972 they stood at #254 and #307 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1973 that had become #320 and #227.
Alex Compare
In 1981 they stood at #251 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1982 that had become #330 and #248.

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 4 regions, from 1965 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #58 in New Zealand in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Darrin

Darrin at a glance

What stands out in Darrin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darrin across 4 official records

Darrin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Darrin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Darrin moved ahead of

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Darrin at a glance

What stands out in Darrin's record

Darrin across 4 official records

Darrin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Darrin 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 Darrin

Darrin and the names beside it

Darrin moved ahead of

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