Darius is an established boys' name that peaked in 1994 and has since faded.
Darius is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #788 for boy births in the United States (and #1,607 across all names), given to 322 babies. Darius first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1994 (2,184 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 322 | 322 | — | #788 |
| 2024 | 344 | 344 | — | #746 |
| 2023 | 367 | 367 | — | #723 |
| 2022 | 402 | 402 | — | #679 |
| 2021 | 434 | 434 | — | #636 |
| 2020 | 469 | 469 | — | #592 |
| 2019 | 491 | 491 | — | #567 |
| 2018 | 553 | 553 | — | #510 |
| 2017 | 584 | 584 | — | #495 |
| 2016 | 584 | 584 | — | #511 |
| 2015 | 579 | 579 | — | #502 |
| 2014 | 614 | 614 | — | #473 |
| 2013 | 718 | 718 | — | #410 |
| 2012 | 730 | 730 | — | #399 |
| 2011 | 766 | 766 | — | #380 |
| 2010 | 929 | 929 | — | #337 |
| 2009 | 956 | 956 | — | #333 |
| 2008 | 1,052 | 1,052 | — | #318 |
| 2007 | 1,096 | 1,096 | #15,988 | #306 |
| 2006 | 1,244 | 1,249 | — | #278 |
| 2005 | 1,139 | 1,139 | #17,140 | #291 |
| 2004 | 1,124 | 1,129 | #13,096 | #284 |
| 2003 | 1,289 | 1,289 | — | #255 |
| 2002 | 1,427 | 1,432 | #16,048 | #237 |
| 2001 | 1,575 | 1,575 | #12,380 | #218 |
| 2000 | 1,570 | 1,570 | #13,585 | #220 |
| 1999 | 1,703 | 1,703 | — | #199 |
| 1998 | 2,138 | 2,138 | #11,413 | #162 |
| 1997 | 1,904 | — | #6,568 | #177 |
| 1996 | 1,781 | — | #6,816 | #182 |
| 1995 | 1,947 | — | #6,035 | #169 |
| 1994 | 2,200 | — | #5,781 | #155 |
| 1993 | 1,994 | — | #7,623 | #161 |
| 1992 | 1,935 | — | #7,148 | #164 |
| 1991 | 2,125 | — | #10,531 | #152 |
| 1990 | 2,043 | — | #8,024 | #152 |
| 1989 | 1,525 | — | #4,389 | #194 |
| 1988 | 958 | — | #7,251 | #249 |
| 1987 | 916 | — | #5,359 | #253 |
| 1986 | 660 | — | #6,714 | #313 |
| 1985 | 616 | — | #8,554 | #326 |
| 1984 | 608 | — | #8,370 | #321 |
| 1983 | 495 | — | #9,302 | #361 |
| 1982 | 493 | — | — | #362 |
| 1981 | 491 | — | #8,314 | #363 |
| 1980 | 507 | — | #6,404 | #356 |
| 1979 | 466 | — | #9,251 | #374 |
| 1978 | 351 | — | — | #420 |
| 1977 | 369 | — | #7,019 | #415 |
| 1976 | 273 | — | — | #481 |
| 1975 | 313 | — | #8,218 | #458 |
| 1974 | 297 | — | — | #465 |
| 1973 | 285 | — | — | #462 |
| 1972 | 292 | — | — | #460 |
| 1971 | 267 | — | #6,129 | #505 |
| 1970 | 265 | — | #7,256 | #502 |
| 1969 | 221 | — | — | #529 |
| 1968 | 172 | — | — | #576 |
| 1967 | 165 | — | — | #590 |
| 1966 | 125 | — | — | #661 |
| 1965 | 129 | — | #6,727 | #665 |
| 1964 | 124 | — | — | #693 |
| 1963 | 128 | — | — | #686 |
| 1962 | 109 | — | — | #734 |
| 1961 | 98 | — | — | #778 |
| 1960 | 85 | — | — | #826 |
| 1959 | 73 | — | — | #900 |
| 1958 | 79 | — | — | #851 |
| 1957 | 77 | — | — | #854 |
| 1956 | 55 | — | — | #1,012 |
| 1955 | 67 | — | — | #910 |
| 1954 | 58 | — | — | #977 |
| 1953 | 44 | — | — | #1,105 |
| 1952 | 60 | — | — | #915 |
| 1951 | 41 | — | — | #1,123 |
| 1950 | 33 | — | — | #1,260 |
| 1949 | 29 | — | — | #1,353 |
| 1948 | 29 | — | — | #1,353 |
| 1947 | 33 | — | — | #1,277 |
| 1946 | 39 | — | — | #1,114 |
| 1945 | 15 | — | — | #1,796 |
| 1944 | 25 | — | — | #1,338 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | — | #1,651 |
| 1942 | 19 | — | — | #1,641 |
| 1941 | 23 | — | — | #1,421 |
| 1940 | 21 | — | — | #1,482 |
| 1939 | 25 | — | — | #1,328 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | — | #2,216 |
| 1937 | 20 | — | — | #1,543 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | — | #1,743 |
| 1935 | 15 | — | — | #1,853 |
| 1934 | 18 | — | — | #1,672 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | — | #1,845 |
| 1932 | 15 | — | — | #1,935 |
| 1931 | 16 | — | — | #1,866 |
| 1930 | 19 | — | — | #1,707 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | — | #2,232 |
| 1928 | 14 | — | — | #2,185 |
| 1927 | 25 | — | — | #1,525 |
| 1926 | 20 | — | — | #1,740 |
| 1925 | 16 | — | — | #2,026 |
| 1924 | 21 | — | — | #1,736 |
| 1923 | 17 | — | — | #1,962 |
| 1922 | 20 | — | — | #1,778 |
| 1921 | 16 | — | — | #2,079 |
| 1920 | 16 | — | — | #2,066 |
| 1919 | 17 | — | — | #1,895 |
| 1918 | 18 | — | — | #1,843 |
| 1917 | 27 | — | — | #1,336 |
| 1916 | 16 | — | — | #1,869 |
| 1915 | 13 | — | — | #2,093 |
| 1914 | 12 | — | — | #1,891 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | — | #1,979 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | — | #1,773 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | — | #1,339 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,120 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | — | #1,104 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | — | #870 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | — | #861 |
| 1880 | 10 | — | — | #608 |