Daryl
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #10,689 · #1,529 for boys in 2025, 113 births
Given to boys 93.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1970 · 1,793 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 63,058since 1912
Daryl over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,529 | 113 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,997 | 77 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,014 | 75 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,965 | 78 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,750 | 92 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,647 | 97 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,974 | 74 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,638 | 99 | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #1,365 | 130 |
| 2016 | — | #1,279 | 142 | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #1,160 | 161 |
| 2014 | — | #1,276 | 139 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #1,261 | 138 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #1,575 | 100 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | #1,524 | 104 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #1,470 | 111 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #1,290 | 136 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #1,119 | 163 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #1,102 | 165 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #1,028 | 178 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #945 | 185 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #1,016 | 161 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #936 | 175 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #895 | 181 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #824 | 199 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | #735 | 233 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | #757 | 211 |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 | #694 | 242 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 | #602 | 293 |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | #607 | 291 |
| 1995 | #2,588 | 48 | #583 | 310 |
| 1994 | #2,465 | 51 | #548 | 354 |
| 1993 | #2,380 | 53 | #504 | 409 |
| 1992 | #2,459 | 52 | #488 | 422 |
| 1991 | #2,356 | 54 | #445 | 488 |
| 1990 | #1,905 | 73 | #442 | 499 |
| 1989 | #2,147 | 57 | #388 | 567 |
| 1988 | #1,671 | 77 | #332 | 649 |
| 1987 | #1,630 | 75 | #314 | 679 |
| 1986 | #1,572 | 76 | #298 | 689 |
| 1985 | #2,021 | 53 | #286 | 715 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | #307 | 633 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #300 | 656 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | #284 | 719 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #274 | 770 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | #276 | 763 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | #246 | 871 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #246 | 839 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #222 | 1,000 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #227 | 896 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | #247 | 840 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #221 | 954 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 | #212 | 1,028 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | #193 | 1,200 |
| 1971 | #2,175 | 37 | #168 | 1,593 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 | #161 | 1,793 |
| 1969 | #1,591 | 56 | #173 | 1,605 |
| 1968 | #1,539 | 55 | #176 | 1,513 |
| 1967 | #1,659 | 47 | #183 | 1,340 |
| 1966 | #1,403 | 61 | #185 | 1,330 |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 | #179 | 1,429 |
| 1964 | #1,254 | 77 | #181 | 1,529 |
| 1963 | #1,330 | 69 | #183 | 1,610 |
| 1962 | #1,407 | 62 | #192 | 1,577 |
| 1961 | #1,243 | 79 | #184 | 1,681 |
| 1960 | #1,092 | 97 | #188 | 1,654 |
| 1959 | #1,031 | 106 | #189 | 1,560 |
| 1958 | #1,028 | 103 | #170 | 1,787 |
| 1957 | #958 | 116 | #179 | 1,693 |
| 1956 | #850 | 136 | #165 | 1,832 |
| 1955 | #797 | 146 | #178 | 1,536 |
| 1954 | #831 | 128 | #180 | 1,468 |
| 1953 | #860 | 118 | #187 | 1,354 |
| 1952 | #747 | 141 | #193 | 1,183 |
| 1951 | #697 | 158 | #196 | 1,117 |
| 1950 | #664 | 165 | #204 | 976 |
| 1949 | #668 | 155 | #205 | 977 |
| 1948 | #730 | 134 | #219 | 855 |
| 1947 | #829 | 112 | #240 | 735 |
| 1946 | #936 | 79 | #255 | 600 |
| 1945 | #873 | 74 | #302 | 392 |
| 1944 | #1,053 | 55 | #313 | 370 |
| 1943 | #1,154 | 49 | #320 | 361 |
| 1942 | #1,126 | 49 | #332 | 336 |
| 1941 | #1,041 | 49 | #324 | 331 |
| 1940 | #1,023 | 49 | #307 | 333 |
| 1939 | #1,022 | 48 | #324 | 288 |
| 1938 | #1,200 | 37 | #357 | 242 |
| 1937 | #1,196 | 36 | #356 | 229 |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 | #380 | 207 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 | #494 | 134 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #449 | 158 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #413 | 172 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #461 | 154 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #518 | 124 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | #515 | 134 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #527 | 122 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #601 | 106 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #569 | 117 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #541 | 126 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #654 | 95 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #635 | 102 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #657 | 95 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #426 | 199 |
| 1921 | — | #843 | 67 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #965 | 51 |
| 1919 | — | #1,097 | 39 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,172 | 35 | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,203 | 32 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #1,181 | 30 |
| 1914 | — | #1,260 | 22 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Daryl! It came in at #1,353, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Daryl is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#128 · 1 in 719
- Minnesota#134 · 1 in 867
- Montana#136 · 1 in 812
- South Dakota#139 · 1 in 663
- Kansas#139 · 1 in 709
Best ever in a state: #44 in North Dakota, 1949.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #128 | 27 | 1 in 719 |
| Minnesota | #134 | 24 | 1 in 867 |
| Montana | #136 | 5 | 1 in 812 |
| Kansas | #139 | 19 | 1 in 709 |
| South Dakota | #139 | 8 | 1 in 663 |
| Nebraska | #166 | 10 | 1 in 1,034 |
| Washington | #221 | 5 | 1 in 2,030 |
| Ohio | #230 | 15 | 1 in 3,173 |
| Wisconsin | #274 | 6 | 1 in 3,937 |
| California | #276 | 14 | 1 in 2,723 |
| Michigan | #280 | 10 | 1 in 3,983 |
| Pennsylvania | #317 | 12 | 1 in 5,967 |
| Missouri | #361 | 5 | 1 in 5,239 |
| Oklahoma | #367 | 5 | 1 in 4,242 |
| Illinois | #381 | 7 | 1 in 7,478 |
| Kentucky | #427 | 5 | 1 in 5,061 |
| New York | #549 | 5 | 1 in 16,797 |
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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 Daryl
- 468 spots since 2024 (#1,997 → #1,529)
- 118 spots since 2020 (#1,647 → #1,529)
- 369 spots since 2015 (#1,160 → #1,529)
- Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1922 (#843 → #426)
- Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1923 (#426 → #657)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1970 at #161 (1,793 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1920–2003
- Highest: 1 in 1,036 boys born in 1970 were named Daryl (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,116 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 24.2% of all boys named Daryl (15,268) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 193 | #1,097 (1919) | #1,451 |
| 1920s | 1,080 | #426 (1922) | #642 |
| 1930s | 1,842 | #324 (1939) | #427 |
| 1940s | 5,290 | #205 (1949) | #282 |
| 1950s | 14,506 | #165 (1956) | #184 |
| 1960s | 15,268 | #173 (1969) | #182 |
| 1970s | 11,014 | #161 (1970) | #214 |
| 1980s | 6,840 | #274 (1981) | #306 |
| 1990s | 3,519 | #442 (1990) | #567 |
| 2000s | 1,776 | #735 (2000) | #989 |
| 2010s | 1,198 | #1,160 (2015) | #1,452 |
| 2020s | 532 | #1,529 (2025) | #1,817 |
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.
Daryl in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 38,533 of them was named Daryl, which outranked 70.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,375Simona28
- #1,375Vivien28
- #1,375Willetta28
- #1,413Daryl27
- #1,413Annalee27
- #1,413Archie27
- #1,413Arlis27
- #1,445Adaline26
- #1,445Adrian26
- #1,445Allean26
Tied with 31 names at #1,413; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 5,011 of them was named Daryl, which outranked 90.6% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).