boys:
11.2k births since 1909
#1093 (76th percentile)
overall:
11.2k births since 1909
#2487 (68th percentile)
The name Dario is the #2,487 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,162 recorded births since 1909. This represents the 67.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,093 (76.2% percentile) for all time with 11,162 births since 1909.
Dario first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1909 (first recorded for boys in 1909). Birth data for Dario is available in 113 out of the 115 years between 1909 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Dario reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 40.2% percentile (ranked #545) with 225 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 225 births per million (ranked 40.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dario is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #545 (40.2% percentile) with 225 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dario".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Dario. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Dario is pronounced as DAH-ree-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-ree-oh, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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