Darien is an established variant of Darren that peaked in 1994 and has since faded.
Darien is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,436 for boy births in the United States (and #3,041 across all names), given to 125 babies. Darien first appears in 1937 and peaked in 1994 (607 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,436 |
| 2024 | 163 | 168 | #15,848 | #1,251 |
| 2023 | 131 | 140 | — | #1,404 |
| 2022 | 127 | 127 | #12,559 | #1,508 |
| 2021 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,385 |
| 2020 | 140 | 140 | #15,691 | #1,328 |
| 2019 | 157 | 157 | #14,232 | #1,245 |
| 2018 | 151 | 151 | #12,802 | #1,277 |
| 2017 | 174 | 174 | — | #1,110 |
| 2016 | 192 | 192 | #10,271 | #1,081 |
| 2015 | 189 | 189 | — | #1,050 |
| 2014 | 217 | 223 | #17,203 | #983 |
| 2013 | 205 | 205 | #13,521 | #996 |
| 2012 | 217 | 217 | #13,846 | #960 |
| 2011 | 249 | 249 | #12,451 | #872 |
| 2010 | 220 | 220 | #17,665 | #936 |
| 2009 | 247 | 247 | #10,149 | #888 |
| 2008 | 276 | 276 | #6,404 | #846 |
| 2007 | 298 | 298 | #8,643 | #773 |
| 2006 | 264 | 264 | #6,188 | #834 |
| 2005 | 282 | 282 | #5,487 | #765 |
| 2004 | 270 | 270 | #6,036 | #746 |
| 2003 | 369 | 369 | #3,372 | #629 |
| 2002 | 361 | 361 | #3,829 | #612 |
| 2001 | 395 | 395 | #2,418 | #599 |
| 2000 | 442 | 442 | #2,410 | #556 |
| 1999 | 478 | 478 | #1,736 | #537 |
| 1998 | 457 | 457 | #1,474 | #574 |
| 1997 | 471 | — | #1,355 | #559 |
| 1996 | 470 | — | #1,333 | #549 |
| 1995 | 599 | — | #1,037 | #500 |
| 1994 | 771 | — | #1,098 | #383 |
| 1993 | 673 | — | #1,238 | #424 |
| 1992 | 354 | — | #1,915 | #615 |
| 1991 | 199 | — | #4,689 | #768 |
| 1990 | 169 | — | #4,553 | #842 |
| 1989 | 174 | — | #3,808 | #815 |
| 1988 | 103 | — | #4,523 | #1,083 |
| 1987 | 69 | — | #10,139 | #1,221 |
| 1986 | 63 | — | #9,827 | #1,287 |
| 1985 | 67 | — | #6,563 | #1,269 |
| 1984 | 65 | — | #6,944 | #1,228 |
| 1983 | 62 | — | — | #1,147 |
| 1982 | 75 | — | #5,621 | #1,154 |
| 1981 | 61 | — | — | #1,179 |
| 1980 | 60 | — | #6,403 | #1,327 |
| 1979 | 56 | — | — | #1,226 |
| 1978 | 69 | — | #4,989 | #1,190 |
| 1977 | 43 | — | #8,692 | #1,520 |
| 1976 | 59 | — | #6,753 | #1,212 |
| 1975 | 46 | — | — | #1,262 |
| 1974 | 45 | — | #5,867 | #1,442 |
| 1973 | 60 | — | #5,676 | #1,152 |
| 1972 | 62 | — | #6,065 | #1,111 |
| 1971 | 63 | — | #6,128 | #1,101 |
| 1970 | 78 | — | #5,485 | #969 |
| 1969 | 56 | — | #6,089 | #1,114 |
| 1968 | 87 | — | #2,889 | #879 |
| 1967 | 73 | — | #5,586 | #888 |
| 1966 | 84 | — | #6,786 | #822 |
| 1965 | 114 | — | #4,923 | #721 |
| 1964 | 63 | — | #4,412 | #1,039 |
| 1963 | 32 | — | — | #1,381 |
| 1962 | 39 | — | #4,957 | #1,407 |
| 1961 | 36 | — | #3,821 | #1,650 |
| 1960 | 25 | — | #4,846 | #1,984 |
| 1959 | 26 | — | #3,292 | #2,444 |
| 1958 | 25 | — | #3,259 | #2,535 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | #3,180 | — |
| 1956 | 20 | — | #3,531 | #3,019 |
| 1955 | 17 | — | #3,834 | #3,264 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #5,261 | — |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #4,003 | — |
| 1952 | 16 | — | #4,198 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #4,463 | — |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #3,476 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | — | — | #3,078 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #3,402 | — |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #4,065 | — |
| 1946 | 7 | — | #4,077 | — |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #4,691 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,705 | — |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #4,382 | — |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #3,891 | — |