Fun Facts About the Name Darrow
- 851 babies named Darrow: U.S. records list 851 babies given the name Darrow from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Darrow Mean?
Darrow is an English surname, and as a first name it is a transferred use of that surname, so its meaning comes from the surname rather than from any independent given-name tradition. The usual explanation treats Darrow as a habitational or topographic name taken from a place - now lost or unidentified - whose name was formed from Old English dēor, "deer, animal," and hōh, "hill spur, ridge." The literal sense is commonly given as "deer hill" or "hill spur where deer were seen."
Because the place has not been identified, the derivation is not fully certain, and some reference works list Darrow simply as a northern English surname of uncertain origin. It is not related to similar-sounding Irish names such as Darragh, which come from separate Gaelic sources.
Darrow Name History & Origins
Darrow is recorded as a surname in northern England, where bynames of this type - naming a person for the place he came from or lived near - became fixed family names during the later Middle Ages. The name then spread within England and, through migration, to North America.
Its use as a first name is a transferred surname use, appearing mainly in the United States and reinforced by well-known bearers of the surname. Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938) was the American defense lawyer associated with the Scopes trial and the Leopold and Loeb case, and Charles Darrow (1889 - 1967) was long credited, though the credit is now disputed, with creating the board game Monopoly. Such figures made the word familiar, but the given name rests on the older surname.
Darrow also occurs as a place name, as in Darrow, Louisiana. A recent literary association is the main character of Pierce Brown's science-fiction series Red Rising, which began in 2014; that is a modern use of the name rather than its origin.
How Popular is the Name Darrow?
Darrow has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #1,629 in 1952.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,528 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2024 | #4,085 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2023 | #5,289 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #7,370 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #6,093 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #6,719 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #6,863 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #9,010 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #7,205 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #9,030 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #12,443 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2003 | #8,867 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #10,937 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #6,492 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #6,969 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #5,177 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #6,565 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #7,192 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #6,106 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #3,446 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #6,520 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #4,209 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #5,805 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #6,489 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #5,677 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #4,954 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #3,925 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #3,134 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #5,651 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1974 | #3,908 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #4,623 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #4,550 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #2,709 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #2,536 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1969 | #2,732 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #1,857 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1967 | #2,265 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1966 | #1,730 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1965 | #1,821 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1964 | #2,134 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1963 | #1,708 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1962 | #2,134 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1961 | #2,344 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1959 | #1,730 | 22 | 0.0010% |
| 1958 | #2,040 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1957 | #2,210 | 14 | 0.0006% |
| 1956 | #2,186 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1955 | #2,162 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1954 | #1,674 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1953 | #2,208 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1952 | #1,629 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1951 | #2,404 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1950 | #3,803 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #2,489 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1948 | #1,960 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1947 | #3,848 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #2,751 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1945 | #3,419 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #2,680 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1943 | #3,297 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #3,676 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #2,521 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1940 | #2,518 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1939 | #2,194 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1937 | #3,638 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1936 | #2,684 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1935 | #3,021 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1934 | #3,037 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1933 | #3,073 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1932 | #3,147 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #3,165 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1929 | #2,344 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1928 | #3,809 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1927 | #3,871 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #2,609 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1925 | #2,790 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1924 | #2,504 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1923 | #4,373 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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