Darren is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1965 and has since faded.
Darren is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,135 for boy births in the United States (and #2,313 across all names), given to 187 babies. Darren first appears in 1936 and peaked in 1965 (5,938 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 187 | 187 | — | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 240 | 240 | — | #954 |
| 2023 | 224 | 224 | — | #978 |
| 2022 | 284 | 284 | — | #853 |
| 2021 | 305 | 305 | — | #803 |
| 2020 | 345 | 345 | — | #718 |
| 2019 | 374 | 374 | — | #684 |
| 2018 | 393 | 393 | — | #653 |
| 2017 | 470 | 470 | #13,042 | #586 |
| 2016 | 528 | 528 | — | #548 |
| 2015 | 527 | 527 | — | #543 |
| 2014 | 569 | 569 | — | #494 |
| 2013 | 593 | 593 | — | #468 |
| 2012 | 667 | 667 | — | #423 |
| 2011 | 681 | 681 | — | #415 |
| 2010 | 695 | 695 | — | #407 |
| 2009 | 765 | 770 | — | #393 |
| 2008 | 799 | 799 | — | #384 |
| 2007 | 876 | 876 | — | #361 |
| 2006 | 824 | 824 | — | #361 |
| 2005 | 864 | 869 | — | #343 |
| 2004 | 891 | 891 | — | #337 |
| 2003 | 977 | 984 | — | #306 |
| 2002 | 969 | 969 | — | #302 |
| 2001 | 948 | 948 | — | #304 |
| 2000 | 1,007 | 1,020 | — | #298 |
| 1999 | 1,029 | 1,039 | — | #283 |
| 1998 | 1,033 | 1,038 | #14,705 | #279 |
| 1997 | 1,020 | — | — | #274 |
| 1996 | 1,140 | — | — | #253 |
| 1995 | 1,290 | — | — | #230 |
| 1994 | 1,455 | — | #7,735 | #201 |
| 1993 | 1,438 | — | #12,144 | #210 |
| 1992 | 1,330 | — | #10,762 | #227 |
| 1991 | 1,313 | — | #10,533 | #226 |
| 1990 | 1,514 | — | #10,481 | #199 |
| 1989 | 1,635 | — | #7,580 | #183 |
| 1988 | 1,610 | — | #6,757 | #177 |
| 1987 | 1,618 | — | #4,902 | #170 |
| 1986 | 1,592 | — | #5,242 | #168 |
| 1985 | 1,720 | — | #4,165 | #161 |
| 1984 | 1,562 | — | #5,010 | #172 |
| 1983 | 1,616 | — | #4,321 | #164 |
| 1982 | 1,499 | — | #5,623 | #174 |
| 1981 | 1,431 | — | #10,785 | #176 |
| 1980 | 1,544 | — | #6,002 | #163 |
| 1979 | 1,513 | — | #6,303 | #164 |
| 1978 | 1,467 | — | #4,732 | #166 |
| 1977 | 1,516 | — | #5,003 | #158 |
| 1976 | 1,707 | — | #4,404 | #147 |
| 1975 | 2,048 | — | #3,985 | #126 |
| 1974 | 2,085 | — | #5,074 | #127 |
| 1973 | 2,299 | — | #4,947 | #113 |
| 1972 | 2,686 | — | #4,853 | #106 |
| 1971 | 3,174 | — | #3,541 | #100 |
| 1970 | 4,230 | — | #2,318 | #75 |
| 1969 | 4,689 | — | #2,413 | #60 |
| 1968 | 4,672 | — | #2,210 | #60 |
| 1967 | 4,468 | — | #2,285 | #63 |
| 1966 | 4,754 | — | #1,929 | #63 |
| 1965 | 5,963 | — | #2,419 | #52 |
| 1964 | 2,658 | — | #3,551 | #127 |
| 1963 | 2,088 | — | #5,425 | #158 |
| 1962 | 1,931 | — | #4,962 | #165 |
| 1961 | 1,800 | — | #3,078 | #174 |
| 1960 | 2,224 | — | #3,241 | #156 |
| 1959 | 1,311 | — | #3,658 | #213 |
| 1958 | 424 | — | #5,001 | #382 |
| 1957 | 77 | — | #5,534 | #904 |
| 1956 | 49 | — | #6,143 | #1,143 |
| 1955 | 34 | — | — | #1,296 |
| 1954 | 39 | — | — | #1,205 |
| 1953 | 43 | — | — | #1,125 |
| 1952 | 68 | — | — | #846 |
| 1951 | 22 | — | — | #1,606 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | — | #2,345 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | — | #3,808 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | — | #3,061 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | — | #2,399 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | — | #2,748 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | — | #2,433 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | — | #3,295 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | — | #3,221 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | — | #3,188 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | — | #2,940 |