Boys' name · since 1940
Darril
75 babies named Darril in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,333 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1940
- 1960s
- peak decade
Darril sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 75 recorded since 1940.
Darril has 75 recorded births among boys since 1940, 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 1940 to 1985.
- #19,333 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 75 born since 1940
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darril ranks #19,333 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1940, peaking in the 1960s.
- #19,333 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1940
- 1960s
- peak decade
Darril's 75 recorded births place it above 57.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darril's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Darril's SSA record in two at 1963 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1958 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Darril popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1985
- Peak year (1958)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Darril by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (40 births, 53% of the file).
1960s was Darril's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Darril births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
24 births
- 1960s
1960s
40 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 40 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Darril's decade-level peak was the 1960s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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 Darril: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1940–1985 (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 Darril 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.