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Darren
Pronounced /ˈdæɹən/
Rank in 2024
#953
Born in 2024
238
Peak year
1965 · #52
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 238 boys were named Darren, about 1 in every 7,207.
- It peaked in 1965 with 5,938 babies, ranked #52.
- It first shows up in the records in 1936.
- 103,751 boys have been named Darren since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Darren per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- 1.8Gen X1965–80
- 0.8Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 34 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 12,717 babies, 0.34 per 1,000. Gen X: 48,511 babies, 1.78 per 1,000. Millennials: 23,609 babies, 0.78 per 1,000. Gen Z: 14,039 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,841 babies, 0.22 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Unknown. A twentieth-century invention, possibly from a rare Irish surname of obscure meaning, possibly from Dara or Daragh, meaning "oak". It is also the name of an old silver mine near Aberystwyth, Wales. The name became popular, particularly in the UK, because of a character in the 1960s American TV series Bewitched, actually spelled Darrin. (person with sense of entitlement): As a rhyming equivalent for Karen.
- A male given name originating as a coinage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈdæɹən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Darren, CC BY-SA 4.0.