Dari is a rare variant of Dara that peaked in 2021 and has grown less common since.
Dari is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #8,490 for girl births in the United States (and #14,505 across all names), given to 12 babies. Dari was first reported in SSA data in 1945 and peaked in 2021 (33 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | #8,490 | — |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | #6,699 | #11,242 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | #7,011 | — |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | #5,680 | — |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | #4,267 | — |
| 2020 | 26 | 26 | #5,915 | #10,906 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | #11,622 | — |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | #11,657 | — |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 | #9,476 | #9,922 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | #10,269 | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | #14,952 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | #10,330 | — |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | #12,277 | — |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 | #13,845 | #11,104 |
| 2011 | 18 | 18 | #11,419 | #8,225 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #13,824 | — |
| 2009 | 11 | 11 | #10,147 | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | #15,884 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | #15,986 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,442 |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | #13,348 | #10,387 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | #14,600 | — |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #16,378 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #16,044 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #12,378 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #12,101 | — |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #14,694 | — |
| 1997 | 9 | — | #9,200 | — |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #9,793 | — |
| 1995 | 5 | — | #13,943 | — |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #13,951 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | — | #12,141 | — |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #11,858 | — |
| 1990 | 12 | — | #6,976 | — |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #10,676 | — |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #8,174 | — |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #9,825 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #8,367 | — |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #8,228 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #10,780 | — |
| 1980 | 11 | — | #6,000 | — |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #7,465 | — |
| 1978 | 9 | — | #6,516 | — |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #6,460 | — |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #5,294 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #9,392 | — |
| 1974 | 7 | — | #7,047 | — |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #6,208 | — |
| 1972 | 10 | — | #5,185 | — |
| 1971 | 13 | — | #4,355 | — |
| 1970 | 16 | — | #3,749 | — |
| 1969 | 17 | — | #3,350 | — |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #4,265 | — |
| 1967 | 9 | — | #4,689 | — |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #4,010 | — |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #4,255 | — |
| 1964 | 13 | — | #3,730 | — |
| 1963 | 15 | — | #3,365 | — |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #5,406 | — |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #3,640 | — |
| 1960 | 21 | — | #2,665 | — |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #4,356 | — |
| 1958 | 14 | — | #3,258 | — |
| 1957 | 14 | — | #3,179 | — |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #4,934 | — |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #4,829 | — |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #4,037 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #5,843 | — |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #3,768 | — |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #3,504 | — |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #3,466 | — |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #4,689 | — |