Given name
Darion
“a gift”
Darion is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “a gift.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a gift.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,773
- 7,212 boys · 561 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 468 babies
- 2025
- 40
- #3,048 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 40 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,048 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 31.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 373 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,739 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Darion’s family of names
Darion has a related form in Darian. Darion has a related form in Daria. Darion has a related form in Darien.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Darion
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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