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How popular is the name Darren?
Births per year, rank history and how many Darrens are alive today.
Darren (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 28 in 2025, ranked 1066th. The name peaked in 1974, when around 6,400 babies were given the name, the 15th most popular that year. It has declined since 1974; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 100,000 babies have been named Darren in England and Wales since 1964. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Darren you are most likely to meet is around 52 years old. Half of all Darrens born in England and Wales are between 44 and 55, and there are at least 110,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 30% chance that at least one of them will be called Darren.
How many babies are named Darren each year?
Where does Darren 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 Darren most popular?
Darren peaked in 1974, when around 6,400 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Darren?
At least 110,000 people named Darren born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Darren?
Most living Darrens are between 44 and 55; the most common age is about 52.
Is Darren becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1974 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.