Daria
A feminine name of Persian origin meaning "wealthy" or "prosperous".
Name Census estimates that about 7,929 living Americans carry the first name Daria. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Daria today is around 36 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Daria births was 1998 (294 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Daria. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Daria with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
7.9K
~ 1 in 43,228 Americans
Peak year
1998
294 babies that year
Average age
36
years old
1989 SSA rank
#1,954
Tracked since 1915
Census
Daria in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 11,950 people with the first name Daria, which placed it at #2,204 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#2,204
National first-name rank
People counted
12K
11,950 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
4.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
70.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Daria
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Daria is White at 70.5%. The next largest groups are Black (13.8%) and Hispanic (10.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Daria described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Daria at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White70.5% · 8,422
- Black or African American13.8% · 1,648
- Hispanic or Latino10.6% · 1,261
- Two or more races3.1% · 366
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.7% · 204
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.4% · 49
Gender
Gender distribution for Daria
Out of the 8,960 babies given the name Daria since 1880, 99.9% were registered as female. The name sits firmly on the female side of the spectrum, with only a handful of male registrations across the entire dataset.
Daria as a male name
- Ranked #8,145 in 1989
- 5 male births in 1989
- Peak: 1989 (5 births)
Daria as a female name
- Ranked #1,954 in 2024
- 101 female births in 2024
- Peak: 1998 (294 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Daria leans strongly female. 11,828 people counted with this name were female (99.0%), compared with 120 male bearers (1.0%).
Popularity
Daria: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Daria from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 1,613 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1990s peak, Daria remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Daria by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Daria during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Darias live
The SSA's state-level files cover 28 states and territories. New York, California, Pennsylvania recorded the most babies named Daria, while Minnesota, Nevada, Wisconsin recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 195 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Daria
The name Daria has its origins in the Persian language, where it is derived from the word "Dara," which means "wealthy" or "prosperous." It's believed to have first emerged as a personal name in ancient Persia, around the 6th century BCE.
In ancient Greece, the name was adopted and Hellenized as "Dareios" or "Darius." One of the most famous historical figures with this name was Darius the Great, who ruled the Achaemenid Persian Empire from 522 to 486 BCE. His name was rendered in Old Persian cuneiform as "Dārayavahuš," meaning "he who holds firm the good."
During the Byzantine Empire, the name took on the form "Daria," which became popular among Eastern Orthodox Christians. It's thought to have been used as a feminine variant of the masculine name Darius.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Daria can be found in the 6th century Christian martyrology, where it refers to Saint Daria, a Christian martyr from the 3rd century CE. She is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
In the Middle Ages, the name Daria was relatively uncommon but still used in some parts of Europe, particularly in Eastern European countries with strong ties to the Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Orthodox faith.
Throughout history, there have been several notable figures named Daria, including:
1. Daria Mikhailovna Saltykova (1730-1801), a Russian noblewoman and serial killer known as the "Saltychikha."
2. Daria Defoe (1695-1763), an English writer and daughter of the famous novelist Daniel Defoe.
3. Daria Nikolayevna Zhitkova (1839-1923), a Russian philanthropist and supporter of women's education.
4. Daria Gavrilova (born 1994), a Russian professional tennis player.
5. Daria Werbowy (born 1983), a Ukrainian-Canadian model and actress.
While the name Daria fell out of widespread use in many parts of the world, it has experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent decades, particularly in Eastern Europe and among those with ties to Russian or Eastern European cultures.
People
Daria + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Daria as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Daria: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Daria?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 7,929 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Daria going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 43,228 US residents.
Is Daria a common name?
We classify Daria as "Rare". It ranks above 97.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 8,960 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Daria most popular?
The single biggest year for Daria was 1998, when 294 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Daria is about 36 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Daria in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 11,950 people with the name Daria, or 3.96 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #2,204 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Daria in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Daria?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Daria leans strongly female. 11,828 people counted with this name were female (99.0%), compared with 120 male bearers (1.0%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Daria?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Daria is White at 70.5%. The next largest groups are Black (13.8%) and Hispanic (10.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Daria most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Daria in the 2020 Census, accounting for 70.5% (8,422 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Daria in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Daria a female name?
Yes, 99.9% of people registered as Daria in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Daria still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Daria in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Daria can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Daria?
You can see how many Americans are named Daria on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — same data roots, lighter UI.