Darrik — boys' name
90 babies named Darrik in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Darrik was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Darrik in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darrik
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Darrik between 1972 and 2002, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darrik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darrik performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Darrik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darrik 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 90 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.
Darrik at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darrik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1972
- Peak year (1990)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
90 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 13 births in a single year.
Darrik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 39 births that decade — 43% of Darrik's all-time total
Darrik decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Darrik's strongest decade
39 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, 1972–2002 (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.