Darold
Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 96 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,195since 1912
Darold over time
Rank among boys' names. Darold has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #1,586 | 30 |
| 1972 | #1,149 | 50 |
| 1971 | #1,157 | 50 |
| 1970 | #1,278 | 42 |
| 1969 | #1,097 | 50 |
| 1968 | #986 | 56 |
| 1967 | #1,018 | 51 |
| 1966 | #991 | 54 |
| 1965 | #976 | 57 |
| 1964 | #973 | 61 |
| 1963 | #961 | 61 |
| 1962 | #953 | 63 |
| 1961 | #1,078 | 52 |
| 1960 | #852 | 79 |
| 1959 | #1,019 | 57 |
| 1958 | #928 | 67 |
| 1957 | #861 | 76 |
| 1956 | #889 | 71 |
| 1955 | #885 | 70 |
| 1954 | #918 | 65 |
| 1953 | #833 | 74 |
| 1952 | #870 | 65 |
| 1951 | #838 | 70 |
| 1950 | #797 | 73 |
| 1949 | #866 | 63 |
| 1948 | #838 | 66 |
| 1947 | #788 | 76 |
| 1946 | #738 | 79 |
| 1945 | #775 | 63 |
| 1944 | #745 | 69 |
| 1943 | #751 | 74 |
| 1942 | #646 | 97 |
| 1941 | #719 | 74 |
| 1940 | #689 | 77 |
| 1939 | #610 | 90 |
| 1938 | #644 | 86 |
| 1937 | #713 | 71 |
| 1936 | #622 | 88 |
| 1935 | #589 | 96 |
| 1934 | #666 | 83 |
| 1933 | #677 | 76 |
| 1932 | #592 | 99 |
| 1931 | #688 | 76 |
| 1930 | #832 | 61 |
| 1929 | #678 | 82 |
| 1928 | #663 | 89 |
| 1927 | #774 | 72 |
| 1926 | #894 | 56 |
| 1925 | #984 | 48 |
| 1924 | #897 | 60 |
| 1923 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1922 | #1,046 | 45 |
| 1921 | #1,045 | 45 |
| 1920 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,660 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
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| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Darold is popular in 1945
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#244 · 1 in 2,964
- Kansas#259 · 1 in 3,044
- Missouri#369 · 1 in 6,329
- California#554 · 1 in 12,609
Best ever in a state: #133 in Nebraska, 1932.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #244 | 7 | 1 in 2,964 |
| Kansas | #259 | 5 | 1 in 3,044 |
| Missouri | #369 | 5 | 1 in 6,329 |
| California | #554 | 7 | 1 in 12,609 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Darold
- 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)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1935 at #589 (96 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 35 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1924–1958
- 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
- 19.7% of all boys named Darold (826) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 159 | #1,335 (1916) | #1,559 |
| 1920s | 565 | #663 (1928) | #946 |
| 1930s | 826 | #589 (1935) | #663 |
| 1940s | 738 | #646 (1942) | #756 |
| 1950s | 688 | #797 (1950) | #884 |
| 1960s | 584 | #852 (1960) | #989 |
| 1970s | 301 | #1,149 (1972) | #1,874 |
| 1980s | 163 | #2,208 (1983) | #3,014 |
| 1990s | 116 | #3,105 (1991) | #5,219 |
| 2000s | 48 | #6,904 (2006) | #9,476 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 7 | #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 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 21,363 of them was named Darold, which outranked 79.5% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).