Darry — boys' name
1,536 babies named Darry in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Darry was born in this single decade.
69 babies were named Darry in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darry
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,536 babies named Darry between 1930 and 2014, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darry currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 69 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darry performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 529 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Darry shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 62 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Darry in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darry 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 1,536 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.
Darry at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darry popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1930
- Peak year (1960)
- 69
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
1,536 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 69 births in a single year.
Darry by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 529 births that decade — 34% of Darry's all-time total
Darry decade highlights
- Peak decade 529 births
- Runner-up 363 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Darry's strongest decade
529 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Darry by state
Where Darry concentrates geographically — total births since 1930
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 62 | 4.0% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 36 | 2.3% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 32 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 21 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 20 | 1.3% |
| #6 | New York | | 18 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 17 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 10 | 0.7% |
62 of 1,536 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 4.0% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Darry appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1930–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.