Darold

Where Darold comes from

Darold hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,269 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1932
    Darold A. Treffert born
    American psychiatrist
  3. 1935
    Peak, #589
    96 babies named Darold — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,278.
  5. 1983
    Darold Williamson born
    American athletics competitor
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Darold Williamson · American athletics competitor, born 1983
  • Darold A. Treffert · American psychiatrist, 1932–2020

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.