Darl — boys' name

What the Data Says About Darl

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,819 babies named Darl between 1911 and 1999, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darl performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 360 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Darl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 242 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Darl in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darl in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,819 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.