Girls' name · since 1952
Darrilyn
51 babies named Darrilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,752 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
Darrilyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 51 recorded since 1952.
Darrilyn has 51 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1987.
- #34,752 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1952
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darrilyn ranks #34,752 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1952, peaking in the 1950s.
- #34,752 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
Darrilyn's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darrilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Darrilyn splits its recorded history at 1958: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1955 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Darrilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1987
- Peak year (1955)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Darrilyn by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (36 births, 71% of the file).
1950s was Darrilyn's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Darrilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
36 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 36 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Darrilyn's decade-level peak was the 1950s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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 Darrilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1952–1987 (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 Darrilyn 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.