Darrius
Masculine · “holding firm the good”
Darrius is a spelling of Darius, an Old Persian throne name — and it is not a word but a sentence about holding firm to what is good.
How old is the name Darrius?
Darrius first appears in US birth records in 1962 — 63 years ago. The typical Darrius alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 7,500 people named Darrius are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Darrius most popular?
Darrius peaked in 1989, reaching #543 nationally. Today it ranks #3949, 3,406 places below that high. See the whole 1989 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Darayavaush to Darrius
The story of Darrius
Darius I ruled the Persian empire from 522 BC, built Persepolis, organized the satrapies and had his account of his own accession carved three hundred feet up a cliff at Behistun in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian — a trilingual text that became the key to reading cuneiform. The name reaches modern use through the Bible and through American naming, where Darrius is one of several spellings.
Meaning
holding firm the good
From Old Persian Darayavaush, joining a verb meaning to hold or possess to a word for good; the Behistun inscription, which Darius had cut into a cliff in three languages, is what allowed cuneiform to be deciphered at all.
How the name formed
- Darayavaush
- Dareios
- Darius
- Darrius
Related forms: Darius · Dariush · Dareios
Pronouncing Darrius
duh-RY-us
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families say DAR-ee-us.
Nicknames for Darrius
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
- 1962
- Most boys named
- 1990317 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #543reached in 1989
- Change vs 2024
- −22.9%27 in 2025, from 35
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.
Darrius in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Darius in English — spelling variant
- Dariush in Persian — same name
- Dareios in Greek — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, North Carolina.
Darriuss among us
people named Darrius are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 63,262 born in 2025 was named Darrius
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Darrius
- #3949
- Darrius on the 2025 chart
- #602
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Darrius went to 27 boys in 2025, but Darius is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 349, which makes it the 602nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,347 places above the chart.
- Darius322
- Darrius27
About 1 boy in 4,894 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 63,262 for Darrius 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 Verlin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Darrius's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Verlin climbed just as high around 1929, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Verlin's path sketches the road Darrius is walking now.
Darrius 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 Darrius is headed
Darrius is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Darrius beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Darrius in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that forms a complete phrase with real weight.
- One of the best-documented figures of the ancient world stands behind it.
- Rio and Dar are both usable short forms.
- Darius is the standard spelling and will be written for him constantly.
- The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
- Darrius, Darius and Darius are all in use and none is dominant.
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Masculine · #3949 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Darriuss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,500 people named Darrius are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Darrius?
- Darrius is one of 2 recorded spellings. Darius is the more common one — 322 births in 2025 against 27 for Darrius.
- How popular is the name Darrius in 2025?
- Darrius ranks #3949 among US boy names in 2025, with 27 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Darrius?
- About 1 in every 63,262 US boys born in 2025 was named Darrius — 27 in all.
- Will my child share the name Darrius with classmates?
- Darrius will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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