Boys' name · since 1975
Dareck
Dareck has 72 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,613 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,963 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dareck is the #10963 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 72 recorded since 1975.
Dareck has 72 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10963 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #19,613 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,963 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 72 born since 1975
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dareck ranks #19,613 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,963 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 72 born since 1975, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,613 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,963 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dareck's 72 recorded births place it above 56.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dareck compares
72 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dareck's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dareck | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 72 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dareck's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dareck's full recorded timeline at 2022, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dareck popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Dareck by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (54 births, 75% of the file).
2020s was Dareck's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Dareck births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 54 births (75% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dareck draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.