Darol — boys' name
485 babies named Darol in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1936. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Darol was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Darol in 1936 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darol
The Social Security Administration has registered 485 babies named Darol between 1917 and 1995, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darol currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darol performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Darol shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Darol in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darol 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 485 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.
Darol at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darol popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1917
- Peak year (1936)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
485 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1936 with 18 births in a single year.
Darol by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 119 births that decade — 25% of Darol's all-time total
Darol decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 117 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Darol's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Darol by state
Where Darol concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 485 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.