Darryll

Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185

Peak · boys
1960 · 63 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,366
since 1936

Darryll over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #951, 1960boys
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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
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2020
2019
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2017
2016#12,1855
2015
2014
2013
2012
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2009#10,9946
2008#8,3249
2007#10,9216
2006
2005#10,1516
2004#9,9486
2003#9,5816
2002#8,4567
2001#10,5565
2000#9,1126
1999#6,5309
1998
1997#5,64210
1996#7,1367
1995#4,50813
1994#8,8005
1993#4,02015
1992#3,74816
1991#4,47612
1990#3,77915
1989#4,27112
1988#4,16211
1987#2,72519
1986#2,42922
1985#2,35722
1984#3,27013
1983#2,40820
1982#2,59618
1981#2,89815
1980#3,25613
1979#3,01814
1978#1,96525
1977#2,45818
1976#2,50817
1975#2,63715
1974#2,35817
1973#1,87123
1972#1,64828
1971#1,91622
1970#1,31440
1969#1,81021
1968#1,21739
1967#1,21538
1966#1,02750
1965#96758
1964#98259
1963#1,05252
1962#1,14745
1961#1,00160
1960#95163
1959#1,32435
1958#1,44629
1957#1,79120
1956#2,36112
1955#1,72520
1954#1,88717
1953#1,95816
1952#1,66521
1951#1,59822
1950#2,20712
1949#1,75418
1948#2,32611
1947#2,6719
1946#2,03013
1945#2,13111
1944#2,4679
1943#2,40510
1942#2,5239
1941#2,6568
1940#2,6718
1939#2,28810
1938#2,8687
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First appearance
1936

The first year at least five boys were named Darryll! It came in at #3,147, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1937, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Darryll
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
  • Biggest jump: 373 spots in 1960 (#1,324#951)
  • Biggest drop: 60 spots in 1966 (#967#1,027)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 1960 at #951 (63 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1964–1965
Share of babies · boys
1 in 32,071
  • Highest: 1 in 32,071 boys born in 1965 were named Darryll (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 379,548 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #951 in 1960, was only 1 in 33,846 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 35.5% of all boys named Darryll (485) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s23#2,288 (1939)#2,768
1940s106#1,754 (1949)#2,363
1950s204#1,324 (1959)#1,796
1960s485#951 (1960)#1,137
1970s219#1,314 (1970)#2,169
1980s165#2,357 (1985)#3,037
1990s102#3,748 (1992)#5,404
2000s57#8,324 (2008)#9,783
2010s5#12,185 (2016)#12,185

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.

Darryll in 1970

boys
#1,314
40 births · 1 in 46,456 boys

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #1,314Darryll40
More about 1970

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 46,456 of them was named Darryll, which outranked 75.8% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darryll
  1. #1,297Nathanael41
  2. #1,297Warner41
  3. #1,297Zachery41
  4. #1,314Darryll40
  5. #1,314Alonso40
  6. #1,314Bud40
  7. #1,314Cletus40
  8. #1,337Christina39
  9. #1,337Christofer39
  10. #1,337Elisha39

Tied with 22 names at #1,314; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 3,783Jermaine#4,404#621
  2. 1,000Dax#1,861#861
  3. 842Jeramy#1,810#968
  4. 639Branden#1,570#931
  5. 407Braden#1,396#989
Fallers
  1. 593Jemal#549#1,142
  2. 307Karen#885#1,192
  3. 307Merlin#885#1,192
  4. 302Dennie#920#1,222
  5. 276Luciano#931#1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970