Masculine dossier · first seen 1936

Darren

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Darren
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96% from peak

Peak era

1965

Peak rank proxy

5,938

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1936Peak 19652024

Peak year

1965

Decline from peak

96%

2024

238

All-time

103,751

Darren once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1965, when 5,938 boys were named Darren.

In 2024, only 238 boys were given the name.

Down 96% from its peak.

All told, about 103,751 Americans have been named Darren and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1936.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96% from peak

19655,938 boys named Darren

2024238 boys named Darren

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