Darreld — boys' name
89 babies named Darreld in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Darreld was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Darreld in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darreld
The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Darreld between 1926 and 1969, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darreld currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darreld performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Darreld shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darreld 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 89 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.
Darreld at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darreld popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1926
- Peak year (1931)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
89 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 9 births in a single year.
Darreld by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 38 births that decade — 43% of Darreld's all-time total
Darreld decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Darreld's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1926–1969 (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.