Boys' name · since 1936
Daril
Since 1936, U.S. Social Security records show 119 babies named Daril, peaking in 1966. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,252 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 119
- born since 1936
- 1960s
- peak decade
Daril sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 119 recorded since 1936.
Daril has 119 recorded births among boys since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 1989.
- #16,252 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 119 born since 1936
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daril ranks #16,252 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 119 born since 1936, peaking in the 1960s.
- #16,252 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 119
- born since 1936
- 1960s
- peak decade
Daril's 119 recorded births place it above 64.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daril's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Daril's full recorded timeline at 1962, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1936, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1966 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Daril popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1989
- Peak year (1966)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Daril by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (53 births, 45% of the file).
1960s was Daril's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Daril births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
32 births
- 1960s
1960s
53 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 53 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Daril's decade-level peak was the 1960s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daril: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
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, 1936–1989 (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 Daril 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.