Darrol — boys' name

What the Data Says About Darrol

The Social Security Administration has registered 654 babies named Darrol between 1918 and 2005, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darrol currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darrol performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Darrol shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Darrol in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darrol 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 654 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.