Name profile

Darwin

From a surname that was derived from the Old English given name Deorwine.

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈdɑɹ.wɪn/; British English /ˈdɑː.wɪn/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#960

Meaning and history

From a surname derived from the Old English given name Deorwine, the name Darwin was borne by the British naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882), who first proposed the theory of natural selection and transformed biology.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 266 births, rank #781
2007: 261 births, rank #820
2008: 280 births, rank #785
2009: 314 births, rank #740
2010: 313 births, rank #732
20112011: 291 births, rank #773
2012: 248 births, rank #855
2013: 259 births, rank #829
2014: 236 births, rank #909
2015: 256 births, rank #869
20162016: 263 births, rank #855
2017: 266 births, rank #833
2018: 237 births, rank #907
2019: 223 births, rank #957
2020: 248 births, rank #905
20212021: 196 births, rank #1,081
2022: 229 births, rank #982
2023: 228 births, rank #970
2024: 293 births, rank #838
20252025: 241 births, rank #960

Darwin moved from #839 to #961 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1958, with 418 births.