Boys' name · since 1923
Darrow
Darrow has 851 recorded births since 1923 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,689 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,525 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 851
- born since 1923
- 1960s
- peak decade
Darrow currently ranks #3525 among boys' names in America, with 851 babies recorded since 1923.
Darrow has 851 recorded births among boys since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3525 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of boys, 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 1923 to 2025.
- #5,689 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,525 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 851 born since 1923
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darrow ranks #5,689 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,525 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 851 born since 1923, peaking in the 1960s.
- #5,689 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,525 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 851
- born since 1923
- 1960s
- peak decade
Darrow's 851 recorded births place it above 87.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Darrow compares
851 Top 34% higher than 66% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Darrow's all-time total is 131% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Darrow | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 851 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Darrow's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Darrow's full recorded timeline at 1964, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Darrow popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Darrow by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (162 births, 19% of the file).
1960s was Darrow's strongest decade.
162 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Darrow births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 62
1920s
62 births
- 1930s 59
1930s
59 births
- 1940s
1940s
80 births
- 1950s
1950s
152 births
- 1960s
1960s
162 births
- 1970s
1970s
80 births
- 1980s 55
1980s
55 births
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 39
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
113 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 162 births (19% of all-time use).
How Darrow compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Darrow's total volume
Darrow by state
Where Darrow concentrates geographically, total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 1.3% |
11 of 851 births nationwide.
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What to do with Darrow's data
- Darrow's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (162 total births) through the 2020s (113) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Darrows (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1923–2025 (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 Darrow 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.