Boys' name · since 1972
Darrik
Darrik has 90 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,065 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 90
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
90 boys have been named Darrik since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Darrik has 90 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2002.
- #18,065 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 90 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darrik ranks #18,065 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 90 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,065 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 90
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Darrik's 90 recorded births place it above 60.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darrik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Darrik's full recorded timeline at 1989, 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 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Darrik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2002
- Peak year (1990)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Darrik by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (39 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Darrik's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Darrik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 39 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Darrik's decade-level peak was the 1990s (39 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- 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 Darrik: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1972–2002 (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 Darrik 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.