Darold — boys' name

What the Data Says About Darold

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,195 babies named Darold between 1912 and 2021, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darold currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 99 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darold performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 826 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Darold shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 249 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Darold in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darold 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 4,195 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.