Boy name Irish Gaelic origin

Darren

DAIR-uhn · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Great or oak tree
Language
Irish Gaelic
Culture
Irish
Style era
modern
Themes
Irish · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#953
2024 births238
Peak year1965
First appeared1936
Total US births103,751
1965 peak19361958198020022024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Darry
Alternate spellings
DarrinDaren
In other languages
DaraghDarach

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