Boys' name · since 1924
Darroll
Darroll has 396 recorded births since 1924 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,070 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 396
- born since 1924
- 1950s
- peak decade
Darroll sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 396 recorded since 1924.
Darroll has 396 recorded births among boys since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1924 to 1985.
- #9,070 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 396 born since 1924
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darroll ranks #9,070 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 396 born since 1924, peaking in the 1950s.
- #9,070 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 396
- born since 1924
- 1950s
- peak decade
Darroll's 396 recorded births place it above 80.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darroll's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Darroll splits its recorded history at 1953: 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 1926 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Darroll popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1985
- Peak year (1957)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Darroll by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (105 births, 27% of the file).
1950s was Darroll's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Darroll births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 30
1920s
30 births
- 1930s
1930s
57 births
- 1940s
1940s
62 births
- 1950s
1950s
105 births
- 1960s
1960s
81 births
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 105 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Darroll's decade-level peak was the 1950s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 12 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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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, 1924–1985 (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 Darroll 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.