Boys' name · since 1960
Darreyl
Darreyl has 43 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1965 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,165 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Darreyl sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 43 recorded since 1960.
Darreyl has 43 recorded births among boys since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1993.
- #23,165 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 43 born since 1960
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darreyl ranks #23,165 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1960, peaking in the 1960s.
- #23,165 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Darreyl's 43 recorded births place it above 48.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darreyl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Darreyl's full recorded timeline at 1965, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1965 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Darreyl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1993
- Peak year (1965)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Darreyl by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (30 births, 70% of the file).
1960s was Darreyl's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Darreyl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
30 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 30 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Darreyl's decade-level peak was the 1960s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darreyl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Darreyl draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.