Darl

Last seen for girls in 1959 at #6,245 · Last seen for boys in 1999 at #9,912
Given to boys 96.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1931 · 45 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,819
since 1911

Darl over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Darl has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #983, 1931boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1999#9,9125
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1993#6,8167
1992#8,4355
1991#8,2365
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1985#6,5235
1984
1983#4,9077
1982#4,2349
1981#5,4686
1980#4,1349
1979#6,0565
1978#5,7725
1977#4,5827
1976#3,7249
1975#4,7976
1974#2,67414
1973#5,1015
1972#2,41815
1971#2,20318
1970#2,29316
1969#1,91419
1968#2,73510
1967#1,97416
1966#2,13214
1965#1,66922
1964#1,43530
1963#1,69522
1962#1,45429
1961#1,32236
1960#1,43431
1959#6,2455#1,52227
1958#1,23739
1957#1,58325
1956#1,33533
1955#1,37031
1954#4,2788#1,24236
1953#1,50825
1952#1,15241
1951#1,11042
1950#1,28931
1949#1,29731
1948#1,48724
1947#1,33630
1946#4,4176#1,21733
1945#1,16332
1944#1,15233
1943#1,18733
1942#4,6225#1,19334
1941#1,25428
1940#1,06737
1939#1,10334
1938#4,3425#1,03039
1937#1,09435
1936#1,18231
1935#2,9269#1,16532
1934#1,15033
1933#3,7536#99541
1932#1,05640
1931#98345
1930#4,5505#1,29930
1929#1,31229
1928#1,01946
1927#1,08043
1926#1,06443
1925#1,36029
1924#1,72721
1923#1,42027
1922#5,0095#1,50325
1921#3,4009#1,17837
1920#1,96617
1919#1,97316
1918#1,71020
1917#1,69319
1916#2,04314
1915#2,31011
1914#1,86812
1913#2,0928
1912#2,5445
1911#1,7405
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five boys were named Darl! It came in at #1,740, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1984–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Darl
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
  • Biggest jump: 316 spots in 1931 (#1,299#983)
  • Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1934 (#995#1,150)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1931 at #983 (45 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1931–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 23,104
  • Highest: 1 in 23,104 boys born in 1931 were named Darl (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 384,030 boys born in 1999 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 19.8% of all boys named Darl (360) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s110#1,693 (1917)#1,997
1920s317#1,019 (1928)#1,363
1930s360#983 (1931)#1,106
1940s315#1,067 (1940)#1,235
1950s330#1,110 (1951)#1,335
1960s229#1,322 (1961)#1,776
1970s100#2,203 (1971)#3,962
1980s36#4,134 (1980)#5,053
1990s22#6,816 (1993)#8,350

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Darl in 1928

boys
#1,019
46 births · 1 in 24,079 boys

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #1,019Darl46
More about 1928

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 24,079 of them was named Darl, which outranked 78.4% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darl
  1. #1,003Mortimer47
  2. #1,003Porfirio47
  3. #1,003Reece47
  4. #1,019Darl46
  5. #1,019Allie46
  6. #1,019Arley46
  7. #1,019Garry46
  8. #1,031Acie45
  9. #1,031Bailey45
  10. #1,031Cornell45

Tied with 11 names at #1,019; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1928