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 1952
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#75 · 1 in 363
- Montana#75 · 1 in 397
- South Dakota#78 · 1 in 440
- Minnesota#83 · 1 in 517
- Iowa#87 · 1 in 562
Best ever in a state: #44 in North Dakota, 1949.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #75 | 18 | 1 in 397 |
| North Dakota | #75 | 21 | 1 in 363 |
| South Dakota | #78 | 19 | 1 in 440 |
| Minnesota | #83 | 73 | 1 in 517 |
| Iowa | #87 | 55 | 1 in 562 |
| Washington | #133 | 33 | 1 in 907 |
| Kentucky | #136 | 36 | 1 in 991 |
| Wisconsin | #136 | 35 | 1 in 1,214 |
| Nebraska | #138 | 17 | 1 in 917 |
| Maine | #139 | 10 | 1 in 990 |
| Kansas | #141 | 27 | 1 in 835 |
| Pennsylvania | #142 | 85 | 1 in 1,386 |
| Ohio | #143 | 88 | 1 in 1,153 |
| Colorado | #145 | 19 | 1 in 946 |
| Hawaii | #146 | 11 | 1 in 608 |
| Michigan | #156 | 74 | 1 in 1,170 |
| Oklahoma | #157 | 24 | 1 in 1,003 |
| Indiana | #165 | 37 | 1 in 1,362 |
| Missouri | #172 | 32 | 1 in 1,388 |
| Idaho | #183 | 6 | 1 in 1,206 |
| California | #189 | 100 | 1 in 1,403 |
| Illinois | #192 | 56 | 1 in 1,796 |
| Oregon | #205 | 10 | 1 in 1,852 |
| Louisiana | #207 | 28 | 1 in 1,342 |
| Utah | #216 | 7 | 1 in 1,578 |
| Connecticut | #223 | 5 | 1 in 4,335 |
| New York | #229 | 56 | 1 in 2,943 |
| North Carolina | #243 | 24 | 1 in 2,218 |
| New Jersey | #244 | 11 | 1 in 4,719 |
| Georgia | #248 | 20 | 1 in 2,335 |
| District of Columbia | #262 | 5 | 1 in 2,883 |
| Florida | #276 | 14 | 1 in 2,535 |
| West Virginia | #286 | 7 | 1 in 3,394 |
| Virginia | #288 | 12 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Tennessee | #291 | 11 | 1 in 3,581 |
| Maryland | #298 | 6 | 1 in 4,606 |
| Massachusetts | #303 | 5 | 1 in 10,324 |
| Arkansas | #323 | 6 | 1 in 3,574 |
| Alabama | #328 | 10 | 1 in 3,885 |
| Texas | #345 | 40 | 1 in 2,877 |
| South Carolina | #370 | 6 | 1 in 5,010 |
| Mississippi | #392 | 6 | 1 in 4,805 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 1952
Top girls' names in 1952
Top boys' names in 1952
More about 1952
girls
1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 13,151 of them was named Daryl, which outranked 88.3% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 1,643 of them was named Daryl, which outranked 95.5% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.