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

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Peak · boys
1965 · 4,925 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
7 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
92,285
since 1913

Darryl over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #68, 1965boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,10869
2024—#1,79591
2023—#1,80389
2022—#1,652104
2021—#1,635102
2020—#1,478115
2019—#1,347133
2018—#1,328136
2017—#1,306138
2016—#1,073184
2015—#1,039193
2014—#1,082178
2013—#1,014192
2012—#949212
2011#14,8246#950209
2010—#943213
2009—#889235
2008—#755294
2007—#859242
2006—#768271
2005—#763260
2004—#697277
2003—#689281
2002—#606332
2001#11,0208#582346
2000—#548384
1999#9,4799#532391
1998#10,1228#507420
1997#10,8367#451488
1996#8,13210#431522
1995#7,51411#423538
1994#8,12210#373632
1993#5,41917#344704
1992#7,06712#321793
1991#8,5889#2691,003
1990#6,46513#2561,054
1989#5,54515#2361,130
1988#6,27712#2291,080
1987#3,16929#2231,076
1986#4,34718#2191,075
1985#4,12619#2151,126
1984#5,89911#2121,078
1983#4,68615#228974
1982#4,94514#236986
1981#5,88511#239940
1980#7,4188#259848
1979#6,6969#271761
1978#4,67914#271727
1977#7,5677#279694
1976#8,1566#273705
1975#5,51610#285674
1974#6,9007#269708
1973#5,5809#251785
1972#4,52312#239900
1971#5,13610#2211,064
1970#4,03814#1951,367
1969#3,95813#1741,593
1968#2,70822#1402,067
1967#2,16730#1092,826
1966#1,76641#883,817
1965#1,85438#684,925
1964#2,01135#874,420
1963#1,68346#805,013
1962#1,82639#834,969
1961#1,72044#805,134
1960#1,67345#964,436
1959#2,33924#1302,777
1958#2,32224#1671,818
1957#2,56320#1721,798
1956#1,96830#1871,482
1955#2,10826#1871,425
1954#2,07626#1921,331
1953#2,17323#1921,268
1952#1,97826#2001,099
1951#2,24520#1981,074
1950#2,90913#2031,011
1949#1,66632#216858
1948#2,49116#223835
1947#1,89726#222826
1946#2,48215#238650
1945#2,33914#278470
1944#2,09617#289420
1943#2,55813#309401
1942#2,81711#279468
1941—#282417
1940#3,5037#279405
1939#3,1458#261427
1938#2,22514#296341
1937—#362223
1936#3,7016#406181
1935—#490135
1934—#59797
1933—#72171
1932—#98045
1931—#1,69318
1930—#1,64420
1929—#1,52323
1928—#2,04815
1927—#1,69221
1926—#1,98116
1925—#2,01216
1924—#2,47312
1923—#3,1758
1922—#3,2528
1921—#4,3225
1920——
1919—#3,3917
1918—#3,0968
1917—#3,2177
1916—#3,5166
1915—#3,8255
1914—#2,4578
1913—#2,4966
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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.

Where Darryl is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Darryl, so not publishedAKMaine: #147 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,064 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Darryl, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Darryl, so not publishedNHWashington: #181 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,210 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Darryl, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Darryl, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #208 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,513 boysNDMinnesota: #178 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,691 boysMNIllinois: #113 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 632 boysILWisconsin: #137 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 1,160 boysWIMichigan: #96 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 527 boysMINew York: #97 for boys · 294 births · 1 in 615 boysNYMassachusetts: #167 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,351 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Darryl, so not publishedRIOregon: #245 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,143 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Darryl, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Darryl, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Darryl, so not publishedSDIowa: #222 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,215 boysIAIndiana: #149 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 1,015 boysINOhio: #145 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 969 boysOHPennsylvania: #107 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 676 boysPANew Jersey: #99 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 674 boysNJConnecticut: #144 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,332 boysCTCalifornia: #128 for boys · 277 births · 1 in 649 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Darryl, so not publishedUTColorado: #256 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,131 boysCONebraska: #233 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,308 boysNEMissouri: #92 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 478 boysMOKentucky: #150 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 952 boysKYWest Virginia: #208 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,673 boysWVVirginia: #106 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 520 boysVAMaryland: #105 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 539 boysMDDelaware: #104 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 577 boysDEArizona: #245 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,616 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Darryl, so not publishedNMKansas: #148 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 850 boysKSArkansas: #177 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,088 boysARTennessee: #123 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 699 boysTNNorth Carolina: #117 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 605 boysNCSouth Carolina: #178 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,059 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #55 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 297 boysDCOklahoma: #149 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 827 boysOKLouisiana: #101 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 426 boysLAMississippi: #179 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 989 boysMSAlabama: #78 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 366 boysALGeorgia: #156 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 857 boysGAHawaii: #56 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 210 boysHITexas: #168 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 874 boysTXFlorida: #109 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 497 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#55 · 1 in 297
  2. Hawaii#56 · 1 in 210
  3. Alabama#78 · 1 in 366
  4. Missouri#92 · 1 in 478
  5. Michigan#96 · 1 in 527

Best ever in a state: #31 in District of Columbia, 1964.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#55501 in 297
Hawaii#56341 in 210
Alabama#781051 in 366
Missouri#921031 in 478
Michigan#961831 in 527
New York#972941 in 615
New Jersey#99911 in 674
Louisiana#1011001 in 426
Delaware#10491 in 577
Maryland#105611 in 539
Virginia#106831 in 520
Pennsylvania#1071801 in 676
Florida#1091081 in 497
Illinois#1131841 in 632
North Carolina#117871 in 605
Tennessee#123571 in 699
California#1282771 in 649
Wisconsin#137411 in 1,160
Connecticut#144201 in 1,332
Ohio#1451171 in 969
Maine#147101 in 1,064
Kansas#148281 in 850
Indiana#149541 in 1,015
Oklahoma#149291 in 827
Kentucky#150381 in 952
Georgia#156561 in 857
Massachusetts#167241 in 2,351
Texas#1681411 in 874
Arkansas#177181 in 1,088
Minnesota#178251 in 1,691
South Carolina#178271 in 1,059
Mississippi#179281 in 989
Washington#181261 in 1,210
North Dakota#20851 in 1,513
West Virginia#208121 in 1,673
Iowa#222141 in 2,215
Nebraska#23371 in 2,308
Arizona#245101 in 1,616
Oregon#24581 in 2,143
Colorado#256101 in 2,131
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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 Darryl
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s47#2,457 (1914)#3,143
1920s124#1,523 (1929)#2,498
1930s1,558#261 (1939)#745
1940s5,750#216 (1949)#262
1950s15,083#130 (1959)#183
1960s39,200#68 (1965)#101
1970s8,385#195 (1970)#255
1980s10,313#212 (1984)#230
1990s6,545#256 (1990)#391
2000s2,922#548 (2000)#716
2010s1,788#943 (2010)#1,103
2020s570#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 1959

girls
#2,339
24 births · 1 in 84,311 girls
boys
#130
2,777 births · 1 in 769 boys

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #2,339Darryl24

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #130Darryl2,777
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 84,311 of them was named Darryl, which outranked 67.5% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darryl
  1. #2,289Viveca25
  2. #2,289Vivien25
  3. #2,289Vonna25
  4. #2,339Darryl24
  5. #2,339Albert24
  6. #2,339Almeda24
  7. #2,339Andy24
  8. #2,395Alisia23
  9. #2,395Annabell23
  10. #2,395Audra23

Tied with 55 names at #2,339; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,090Alesia#1,985 → #895
  2. ↑ 948Tori#1,791 → #843
  3. ↑ 440Taryn#1,211 → #771
  4. ↑ 437Venus#1,007 → #570
  5. ↑ 393Vilma#1,364 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 283Dani#961 → #1,244
  2. ↓ 257Nicki#973 → #1,230
  3. ↓ 235Lanita#973 → #1,208
  4. ↓ 219Concetta#973 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 197Gisele#766 → #963

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

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 769 of them was named Darryl, which outranked 97.2% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darryl
  1. #127Mitchell2,964
  2. #128Bob2,826
  3. #129Kurt2,816
  4. #130Darryl2,777
  5. #131Norman2,776
  6. #132Perry2,751
  7. #133Jerome2,696
Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

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

See the top 100 for 1959 →