Daris
Feminine · “A short form of Darius”
Daris is given to both — 608 girls and 1,260 boys since 1880. See Daris as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Daris sits between Darius and Doris, a name given mostly to boys with a real minority of girls. Darius's Persian empire gave the world the line carved over New York's great post office about snow, rain and heat.
How old is the name Daris?
Daris first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Daris alive today was born around 1935, making them about 90 years old. About 200 people named Daris are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daris most popular?
Daris peaked in 1929, reaching #1555 nationally. See the whole 1929 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Darayavaush to Daris
The story of Daris
Herodotus described the royal couriers of the Persian empire, riding in relays along roads built under Darius and his successors, and said that neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night kept them from their appointed rounds. In 1914 the words were carved above the James Farley Post Office in New York, and Americans have taken them as the postal service's motto ever since. Daris appears in the American record for boys and girls through the twentieth century.
Meaningscholars disagree
A short form of Darius, or a respelling of Doris
For boys Daris most likely shortens Darius, the Persian king's name, often read as 'holder of the good'. For girls it may respell Doris. The record cannot separate them.
How the name formed
- Darayavaush
- Darius
- Daris
Related forms: Dariush · Darius
Pronouncing Daris
DAIR-is
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Daris
Limited
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
- 1914
- Most girls named
- 192925 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1555reached in 1929
- Change vs 1990
- 0.0%5 in 2017, from 5
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.
Daris in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dariush in Persian — related form
- Darius in English — related form
Dariss among us
people named Daris are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Daris sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short and distinctive.
- Close to Darius, a name with a long history.
- Rare, so a Daris is unlikely to meet another.
- People will hear Doris or Darius.
- It leans to boys but not decisively, so either child may be taken for the other.
- Its two possible sources give a two-part answer.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dariss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Daris are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Daris in 2025?
- Daris is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Daris with classmates?
- Daris will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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