Darion
Masculine
Darion is given to both — 7,212 boys and 561 girls since 1880. See Darion as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Darion is a two- or three-syllable name that recalls Darius, the great Persian king, with an ending of its own. It has been given almost entirely to boys, and it has a strong, rolling sound.
How old is the name Darion?
Darion first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Darion alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 7,000 people named Darion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Darion most popular?
Darion peaked in 1994, reaching #524 nationally. Today it ranks #3036, 2,512 places below that high. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Darion
Darius the Great of Persia finished a canal linking the Nile to the Red Sea, more than two thousand years before Suez, and set up stone monuments along it announcing that ships could now sail from Egypt to Persia. Darion has no recorded link to him, but it carries the sound of his name, and a name that echoes a builder of great works is a fine thing to hand a son.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source records the origin of Darion. It sounds like Darius and Darren and ends like Orion, and no record says how it was built.
Pronouncing Darion
DAIR-ee-un
Stress on the first syllable. Some families say duh-RY-un.
Nicknames for Darion
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1957
- Most boys named
- 1994373 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #524reached in 1994
- Change vs 2024
- −16.7%40 in 2025, from 48
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Darion in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, California.
Darions among us
people named Darion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 42,702 born in 2025 was named Darion
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Darion
- #3036
- Darion on the 2025 chart
- #867
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Darion went to 40 boys in 2025, but Darrion is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 61, which makes it the 867th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,169 places above the chart.
- Darion40
- Darrion21
About 1 boy in 28,001 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 42,702 for Darion itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Doris test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Darion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Doris climbed just as high around 1932, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Doris's path sketches the road Darion is walking now.
Darion sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Darion is headed
Darion should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Darion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Darion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It has a strong, memorable sound.
- Dare and Dari give two short forms.
- People will write Darian, Darien or Darrion.
- A very few girls have been given it; there is no recorded meaning to give either way.
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Masculine · #3036 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Darions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,000 people named Darion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Darion?
- Darion is the most-used spelling in US records — 40 of the 61 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Darrion.
- How popular is the name Darion in 2025?
- Darion ranks #3036 among US boy names in 2025, with 40 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Darion?
- About 1 in every 42,702 US boys born in 2025 was named Darion — 40 in all.
- Will my child share the name Darion with classmates?
- Darion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Darion
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