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Darius
Pronounced /ˈdæɹi.əs/
Rank in 2024
#746
Born in 2024
343
Peak year
1994 · #155
Origin
Old Persian
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 343 boys were named Darius, about 1 in every 5,001.
- It peaked in 1994 with 2,184 babies, ranked #155.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 53,677 boys have been named Darius since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Darius per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.7Millennials1981–96
- 0.7Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 279 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 319 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,261 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,448 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Millennials: 20,621 babies, 0.68 per 1,000. Gen Z: 20,585 babies, 0.66 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,132 babies, 0.28 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Latin Dārīus, from Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîos), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (Dārayauš), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (Dārayavaʰuš); see there for more.
- A male given name from Old Persian.
- Origin
- Old Persian
- Say it
- /ˈdæɹi.əs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Darius, CC BY-SA 4.0.