boys:
7.6k births since 1962
#1353 (70th percentile)
overall:
7.6k births since 1962
#3090 (60th percentile)
The name Darrius is the #3,090 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,624 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 60.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,353 (70.5% percentile) for all time with 7,624 births since 1962.
Darrius first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (first recorded for boys in 1962). Birth data for Darrius is available in 61 out of the 62 years between 1962 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, Darrius reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 36.9% percentile (ranked #478) with 151 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 156 births per million (ranked 35.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1994, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Darrius ranks #872 for boys (4.3% percentile) with 24 births per million, which is 15.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Darrius".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Darrius", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 19 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Darius" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Darius..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Darrius. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.5% confident that Darrius is pronounced as DAH-ree-uhs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-ree-uhs, at 37.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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