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How popular is the name Darius?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dariuses are alive today.
Darius (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 478th in 2025 with 81 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2019, when 172 babies were given the name, the 283rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2019; the 2025 figure is roughly 47% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Darius you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old - or else around 27: the name has two living generations. Half of all Dariuses born in England and Wales are between 7 and 26, and there are at least 2,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Darius - on average, only one in every 113 such rooms contains a Darius.
How many babies are named Darius each year?
Where does Darius rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Darius most popular?
Darius peaked in 2019, when 172 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Darius?
At least 2,700 people named Darius born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Darius?
Most living Dariuses are between 7 and 26; the most common age is about 8. There is a second cluster around 27.
Is Darius becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2019 peak.