The name Darius is of Greek origin, and means to possess good.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Darius has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Darius
Use of the Name Darius for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
38,648
38,510
33,728
16,330
6,916
2,380
1,100
The table below indicates the number of times the name Darius has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Darius
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
608
10
1881
1882
861
6
1883
1884
1885
1886
870
6
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
932
58
1953
1954
970
58
1955
926
65
1956
1957
857
77
1958
838
80
1959
901
72
1960
825
85
1961
773
99
1962
743
106
1963
686
128
1964
685
126
1965
665
124
1966
661
125
1967
588
166
1968
573
174
1969
531
218
1970
501
259
1971
505
258
1972
460
292
1973
463
283
1974
464
295
1975
456
306
1976
479
273
1977
415
360
1978
420
349
1979
371
462
1980
357
495
1981
363
484
1982
361
493
1983
360
487
1984
320
601
1985
326
609
1986
313
648
1987
252
901
1988
248
948
1989
194
1,502
1990
152
2,033
1991
152
2,117
1992
164
1,921
1993
161
1,979
1994
155
2,180
1995
169
1,931
1996
182
1,764
1997
177
1,888
1998
162
2,130
1999
199
1,701
2000
220
1,560
2001
219
1,563
2002
237
1,413
2003
255
1,280
2004
285
1,100
Totals:
38,648
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Darius as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Darius appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 54 times during the last 125 years.