Darryl
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #14,824 · #2,108 for boys in 2025, 69 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 4,925 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 7 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 92,285since 1913
Darryl over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,108 | 69 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,795 | 91 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,803 | 89 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,652 | 104 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,635 | 102 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,478 | 115 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,347 | 133 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,328 | 136 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,306 | 138 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,073 | 184 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,039 | 193 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,082 | 178 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,014 | 192 | |
| 2012 | — | #949 | 212 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #950 | 209 |
| 2010 | — | #943 | 213 | |
| 2009 | — | #889 | 235 | |
| 2008 | — | #755 | 294 | |
| 2007 | — | #859 | 242 | |
| 2006 | — | #768 | 271 | |
| 2005 | — | #763 | 260 | |
| 2004 | — | #697 | 277 | |
| 2003 | — | #689 | 281 | |
| 2002 | — | #606 | 332 | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #582 | 346 |
| 2000 | — | #548 | 384 | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #532 | 391 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #507 | 420 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #451 | 488 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #431 | 522 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #423 | 538 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #373 | 632 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #344 | 704 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #321 | 793 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #269 | 1,003 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #256 | 1,054 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #236 | 1,130 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #229 | 1,080 |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 | #223 | 1,076 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #219 | 1,075 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #215 | 1,126 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #212 | 1,078 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #228 | 974 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #236 | 986 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #239 | 940 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #259 | 848 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #271 | 761 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #271 | 727 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #279 | 694 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #273 | 705 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #285 | 674 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #269 | 708 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #251 | 785 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #239 | 900 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #221 | 1,064 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | #195 | 1,367 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #174 | 1,593 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | #140 | 2,067 |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 | #109 | 2,826 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 | #88 | 3,817 |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 | #68 | 4,925 |
| 1964 | #2,011 | 35 | #87 | 4,420 |
| 1963 | #1,683 | 46 | #80 | 5,013 |
| 1962 | #1,826 | 39 | #83 | 4,969 |
| 1961 | #1,720 | 44 | #80 | 5,134 |
| 1960 | #1,673 | 45 | #96 | 4,436 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | #130 | 2,777 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 | #167 | 1,818 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #172 | 1,798 |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 | #187 | 1,482 |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 | #187 | 1,425 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | #192 | 1,331 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 | #192 | 1,268 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 | #200 | 1,099 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | #198 | 1,074 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #203 | 1,011 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | #216 | 858 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | #223 | 835 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 | #222 | 826 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | #238 | 650 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | #278 | 470 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #289 | 420 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #309 | 401 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #279 | 468 |
| 1941 | — | #282 | 417 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #279 | 405 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #261 | 427 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #296 | 341 |
| 1937 | — | #362 | 223 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #406 | 181 |
| 1935 | — | #490 | 135 | |
| 1934 | — | #597 | 97 | |
| 1933 | — | #721 | 71 | |
| 1932 | — | #980 | 45 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,644 | 20 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,523 | 23 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,692 | 21 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,981 | 16 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,012 | 16 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Darryl! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 313 spots since 2024 (#1,795 → #2,108)
- 630 spots since 2020 (#1,478 → #2,108)
- 1,069 spots since 2015 (#1,039 → #2,108)
- Biggest jump: 713 spots in 1932 (#1,693 → #980)
- Biggest drop: 134 spots in 2009 (#755 → #889)
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1965 at #68 (4,925 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 7 yrs · run 1960–1966
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1932–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 378
- Highest: 1 in 378 boys born in 1965 were named Darryl (0.26%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 42.5% of all boys named Darryl (39,200) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 47 | #2,457 (1914) | #3,143 |
| 1920s | 124 | #1,523 (1929) | #2,498 |
| 1930s | 1,558 | #261 (1939) | #745 |
| 1940s | 5,750 | #216 (1949) | #262 |
| 1950s | 15,083 | #130 (1959) | #183 |
| 1960s | 39,200 | #68 (1965) | #101 |
| 1970s | 8,385 | #195 (1970) | #255 |
| 1980s | 10,313 | #212 (1984) | #230 |
| 1990s | 6,545 | #256 (1990) | #391 |
| 2000s | 2,922 | #548 (2000) | #716 |
| 2010s | 1,788 | #943 (2010) | #1,103 |
| 2020s | 570 | #1,478 (2020) | #1,745 |
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.
Darryl in 1932
boys
#980
45 births · 1 in 23,203 boys
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 23,203 of them was named Darryl, which outranked 77.1% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).