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Darwin
Pronounced /ˈdɑɹwɪn/
Rank in 2024
#837
Born in 2024
293
Peak year
1958 · #380
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 293 boys were named Darwin, about 1 in every 5,854.
- It peaked in 1958 with 417 babies, ranked #380.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 26,100 boys have been named Darwin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Darwin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,703 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Silent: 5,341 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,599 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,052 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,926 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,500 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,931 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Darwin, Derwin, from Old English Dēorwine (“a given name”), composed of dēore (“dear”) + wine (“friend”). The city in Australia is named after Charles Darwin. ==== Proper noun ==== Darwin A surname, especially referring to Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection. A municipality of Río Negro province, Argentina. The capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. A ghost town in Tasmania, Australia. A settlement on the peninsula of Lafonia, East Falkland island, Falkland Islands.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, deriving from the Old English name Dēorwine and revived through the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈdɑɹwɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Darwin, CC BY-SA 4.0.