Darold

Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714

Peak · boys
1935 · 96 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,195
since 1912

Darold over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Darold has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #589, 1935boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021#9,7147
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008#11,0376
2007#10,9216
2006#6,90411
2005#11,4725
2004
2003
2002#7,6438
2001#9,2436
2000#9,1126
1999#7,8747
1998
1997#9,2655
1996#4,87812
1995#4,05215
1994#4,29014
1993#3,36819
1992#6,6707
1991#3,10520
1990#3,46717
1989#3,44616
1988#3,35015
1987#3,20115
1986#2,89117
1985#2,71018
1984#3,92510
1983#2,20823
1982#2,97215
1981#2,89815
1980#2,53619
1979#3,01814
1978#2,66916
1977#2,36119
1976#2,24520
1975#1,65830
1974#1,61830
1973#1,58630
1972#1,14950
1971#1,15750
1970#1,27842
1969#1,09750
1968#98656
1967#1,01851
1966#99154
1965#97657
1964#97361
1963#96161
1962#95363
1961#1,07852
1960#85279
1959#1,01957
1958#92867
1957#86176
1956#88971
1955#88570
1954#91865
1953#83374
1952#87065
1951#83870
1950#79773
1949#86663
1948#83866
1947#78876
1946#73879
1945#77563
1944#74569
1943#75174
1942#64697
1941#71974
1940#68977
1939#61090
1938#64486
1937#71371
1936#62288
1935#58996
1934#66683
1933#67776
1932#59299
1931#68876
1930#83261
1929#67882
1928#66389
1927#77472
1926#89456
1925#98448
1924#89760
1923#1,15738
1922#1,04645
1921#1,04545
1920#1,32330
1919#1,35128
1918#1,44625
1917#1,39625
1916#1,33526
1915#1,66018
1914#1,34220
1913#1,67611
1912#2,2696
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Darold! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1997–1998, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Darold
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1924 (#1,157#897)
  • Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1961 (#852#1,078)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1935 at #589 (96 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 35 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1924–1958
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,547
  • Highest: 1 in 10,547 boys born in 1932 were named Darold (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 249,926 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #589 in 1935, was only 1 in 10,847 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 19.7% of all boys named Darold (826) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s159#1,335 (1916)#1,559
1920s565#663 (1928)#946
1930s826#589 (1935)#663
1940s738#646 (1942)#756
1950s688#797 (1950)#884
1960s584#852 (1960)#989
1970s301#1,149 (1972)#1,874
1980s163#2,208 (1983)#3,014
1990s116#3,105 (1991)#5,219
2000s48#6,904 (2006)#9,476
2010s0
2020s7#9,714 (2021)#9,714

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.

Darold in 1958

boys
#928
67 births · 1 in 31,678 boys

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #928Darold67
More about 1958

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 31,678 of them was named Darold, which outranked 79.4% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darold
  1. #915Pasquale68
  2. #915Randle68
  3. #915Sydney68
  4. #928Darold67
  5. #928Buford67
  6. #928Burl67
  7. #928Foster67
  8. #936Dewitt66
  9. #936Farrell66
  10. #936Hayward66

Tied with 7 names at #928; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 742Wayde#1,364#622
  2. 568Maverick#1,364#796
  3. 516Darren#897#381
  4. 435Tobin#1,250#815
  5. 406Dion#928#522
Fallers
  1. 388Claud#957#1,345
  2. 349Ritchie#823#1,172
  3. 333Levon#944#1,277
  4. 320Weston#957#1,277
  5. 297Parker#925#1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958