Darryn

Where Darryn comes from

Darryn 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. 1958
    First appearance
    #3,033 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Peak, #815
    82 babies named Darryn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,351.
  4. 1974
    Darryn Hill born
    Australian cyclist
  5. 2007
    Darryn Peterson born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Darryn Hill · Australian cyclist, born 1974
  • Darryn Peterson · American basketball player, born 2007
  • Darryn Stamp · English association football player, born 1978
  • Darryn Purcell · Australian rower, born 1985

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.