Darragh — #6598 US boys' name
256 babies named Darragh in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Darragh was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Darragh in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darragh
The Social Security Administration has registered 256 babies named Darragh between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darragh currently holds the #6598 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Darragh is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 35 additional births since 1956.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darragh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Darragh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darragh 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 256 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.
Darragh at a glance
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Darragh popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2021)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #6598 among boys.
256 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 16 births in a single year.
Darragh popularity over time — girls
35 total births recorded since 1956 (Darragh as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Darragh accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Darragh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 86 births that decade — 34% of Darragh's all-time total
Darragh decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Darragh's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–2024 (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.