Darsh
Masculine · “sight”
Darsh is a Sanskrit word about seeing, and in the Indian tradition seeing is not a passive thing — darshan is the sight of something holy, which is understood to be given as much as taken.
How old is the name Darsh?
Darsh first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Darsh is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Darsh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Darsh most popular?
Darsh peaked in 2013, reaching #2090 nationally. Today it ranks #3240, 1,150 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
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Where it comes from
From drish to Darsh
The story of Darsh
Darshan is one of the central words of Indian religious practice: to go to a temple is to take darshan, and the same word names each of the classical philosophical systems. Darsh is the short form, and its use as a personal name is modern — part of the same preference for brief Sanskrit words that produced Arsh, Ansh and Vansh. It reaches American records chiefly with Gujarati and other western Indian families.
Meaning
sight, vision
From the Sanskrit root drish, to see; the related noun darshana names both the act of beholding a deity or teacher and, separately, a school of philosophy — a way of seeing.
How the name formed
- drish
- darshana
- Darsh
Related forms: Darsh · Darshan · Darshana
Pronouncing Darsh
DARSH
One syllable, rhyming with harsh. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Darsh
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
- 1998
- Most boys named
- 201364 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2090reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- −25.0%36 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.
Darsh in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Darsh in Hindi — transliteration
- Darshan in Gujarati — related form
- Darshana in Sanskrit — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New Jersey, Texas.
Darshs among us
people named Darsh are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 47,447 born in 2025 was named Darsh
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Wil test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Darsh's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Wil climbed just as high around 1988, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Wil's path sketches the road Darsh is walking now.
Darsh 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 Darsh is headed
Darsh 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.
Darsh beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Darsh 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 with a genuinely rich philosophical history behind it.
- Five letters and one syllable — as short as a name gets.
- Easy for an English speaker to say correctly at first sight.
- In English it rhymes with harsh, which is a sound association some families will mind.
- Darsh and Darshan are both used and relatives may prefer the longer one.
- A one-syllable name leaves almost no room for a nickname.
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Masculine · #3240 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Darshs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Darsh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Darsh in 2025?
- Darsh ranks #3240 among US boy names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Darsh?
- About 1 in every 47,447 US boys born in 2025 was named Darsh — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Darsh with classmates?
- Darsh will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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