Darwin is an established boys' name that peaked in 1958 and has grown less common since.
Darwin is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #961 for boy births in the United States (and #1,968 across all names), given to 241 babies. Darwin first appears in 1881 and peaked in 1958 (418 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 241 | 241 | — | #961 |
| 2024 | 293 | 293 | — | #839 |
| 2023 | 228 | 228 | — | #970 |
| 2022 | 229 | 229 | — | #984 |
| 2021 | 196 | 196 | — | #1,083 |
| 2020 | 248 | 248 | — | #905 |
| 2019 | 223 | 228 | — | #958 |
| 2018 | 243 | 248 | #14,233 | #907 |
| 2017 | 272 | 272 | #14,569 | #833 |
| 2016 | 269 | 269 | #14,781 | #857 |
| 2015 | 256 | 261 | — | #869 |
| 2014 | 244 | 249 | #12,214 | #909 |
| 2013 | 259 | 259 | — | #829 |
| 2012 | 248 | 248 | — | #856 |
| 2011 | 296 | 312 | #17,443 | #773 |
| 2010 | 320 | 327 | #13,830 | #732 |
| 2009 | 319 | 326 | #17,990 | #740 |
| 2008 | 285 | 298 | #18,212 | #785 |
| 2007 | 261 | 271 | — | #822 |
| 2006 | 266 | 277 | — | #781 |
| 2005 | 212 | 222 | — | #866 |
| 2004 | 222 | 227 | #16,753 | #820 |
| 2003 | 197 | 206 | — | #871 |
| 2002 | 179 | 190 | — | #901 |
| 2001 | 180 | 196 | — | #878 |
| 2000 | 146 | 156 | — | #1,007 |
| 1999 | 129 | 138 | — | #1,058 |
| 1998 | 132 | 141 | — | #1,024 |
| 1997 | 136 | — | — | #968 |
| 1996 | 105 | — | — | #1,131 |
| 1995 | 125 | — | #13,956 | #1,014 |
| 1994 | 137 | — | — | #943 |
| 1993 | 136 | — | — | #921 |
| 1992 | 126 | — | — | #956 |
| 1991 | 143 | — | — | #883 |
| 1990 | 128 | — | — | #910 |
| 1989 | 148 | — | — | #816 |
| 1988 | 129 | — | — | #837 |
| 1987 | 115 | — | — | #872 |
| 1986 | 106 | — | — | #881 |
| 1985 | 107 | — | — | #877 |
| 1984 | 122 | — | — | #784 |
| 1983 | 96 | — | — | #897 |
| 1982 | 88 | — | — | #957 |
| 1981 | 120 | — | — | #803 |
| 1980 | 119 | — | — | #805 |
| 1979 | 102 | — | — | #859 |
| 1978 | 106 | — | — | #832 |
| 1977 | 118 | — | — | #788 |
| 1976 | 84 | — | — | #907 |
| 1975 | 125 | — | — | #747 |
| 1974 | 144 | — | — | #677 |
| 1973 | 144 | — | — | #667 |
| 1972 | 142 | — | — | #675 |
| 1971 | 191 | — | — | #601 |
| 1970 | 207 | — | — | #563 |
| 1969 | 260 | — | — | #474 |
| 1968 | 297 | — | — | #444 |
| 1967 | 304 | — | #7,008 | #437 |
| 1966 | 332 | — | — | #415 |
| 1965 | 383 | — | — | #403 |
| 1964 | 360 | — | #6,157 | #426 |
| 1963 | 347 | — | — | #429 |
| 1962 | 398 | — | — | #404 |
| 1961 | 374 | — | — | #408 |
| 1960 | 392 | — | — | #399 |
| 1959 | 397 | — | — | #399 |
| 1958 | 425 | — | #5,004 | #380 |
| 1957 | 382 | — | — | #396 |
| 1956 | 371 | — | — | #390 |
| 1955 | 343 | — | — | #390 |
| 1954 | 320 | — | — | #400 |
| 1953 | 313 | — | — | #397 |
| 1952 | 299 | — | — | #398 |
| 1951 | 323 | — | — | #378 |
| 1950 | 324 | — | — | #377 |
| 1949 | 302 | — | — | #386 |
| 1948 | 295 | — | — | #395 |
| 1947 | 350 | — | — | #369 |
| 1946 | 298 | — | — | #378 |
| 1945 | 235 | — | — | #390 |
| 1944 | 303 | — | — | #343 |
| 1943 | 332 | — | — | #334 |
| 1942 | 326 | — | — | #336 |
| 1941 | 283 | — | — | #345 |
| 1940 | 309 | — | — | #320 |
| 1939 | 332 | — | — | #306 |
| 1938 | 338 | — | — | #297 |
| 1937 | 299 | — | — | #309 |
| 1936 | 304 | — | — | #305 |
| 1935 | 330 | — | — | #299 |
| 1934 | 306 | — | #3,905 | #314 |
| 1933 | 307 | — | #3,487 | #308 |
| 1932 | 281 | — | — | #330 |
| 1931 | 259 | — | — | #339 |
| 1930 | 280 | — | — | #332 |
| 1929 | 278 | — | — | #332 |
| 1928 | 252 | — | — | #367 |
| 1927 | 242 | — | — | #378 |
| 1926 | 202 | — | — | #426 |
| 1925 | 225 | — | — | #398 |
| 1924 | 218 | — | — | #414 |
| 1923 | 215 | — | — | #409 |
| 1922 | 188 | — | — | #445 |
| 1921 | 214 | — | — | #415 |
| 1920 | 174 | — | — | #460 |
| 1919 | 155 | — | — | #481 |
| 1918 | 156 | — | — | #472 |
| 1917 | 133 | — | — | #498 |
| 1916 | 150 | — | — | #465 |
| 1915 | 139 | — | — | #467 |
| 1914 | 75 | — | — | #580 |
| 1913 | 74 | — | — | #503 |
| 1912 | 45 | — | — | #615 |
| 1911 | 19 | — | — | #736 |
| 1910 | 18 | — | — | #714 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | — | #908 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | — | #838 |
| 1907 | 11 | — | — | #828 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | — | #1,033 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #898 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | — | #1,163 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | — | #792 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | — | #1,357 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | — | #823 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | — | #867 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | — | #1,076 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | — | #734 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | — | #1,004 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #968 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | — | #898 |