Darryl
Darryl was given to 69 boys in 2025, #2,115 among boys’ names; 93,419 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 74,000 Americans named Darryl and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 60 years old and half are between 43 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Darryl by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Darryl mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Darryl is “a male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Darrell.”
/ˈdæɹɪɫ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Darryl?
#2,115 among boys’ names, 2025
Darryl fell from #1,039 in 2015 to #2,115 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.10 to 0.04 per 1,000.
5,178 babies in 1961, the peak
Darryl peaked in 1961, when 5,178 babies were given it (5,134 boys, #80 among boys’ names). The 69 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,115 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 91 | #1,798 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 89 | #1,805 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 104 | #1,656 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,637 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 115 | #1,479 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 133 | #1,348 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 136 | #1,329 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 138 | #1,308 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 184 | #1,073 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 193 | #1,039 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 178 | #1,083 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 192 | #1,016 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 212 | #952 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 209 | #950 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 213 | #943 | 0.11 |
| 2009 | 235 | #889 | 0.12 |
| 2008 | 294 | #756 | 0.14 |
| 2007 | 242 | #859 | 0.12 |
| 2006 | 271 | #768 | 0.13 |
| 2005 | 260 | #763 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 277 | #697 | 0.14 |
| 2003 | 281 | #689 | 0.14 |
| 2002 | 332 | #606 | 0.17 |
| 2001 | 346 | #582 | 0.18 |
| 2000 | 384 | #550 | 0.20 |
| 1999 | 391 | #533 | 0.20 |
| 1998 | 420 | #507 | 0.22 |
| 1997 | 488 | #451 | 0.26 |
| 1996 | 522 | #431 | 0.28 |
| 1995 | 538 | #423 | 0.28 |
| 1994 | 632 | #373 | 0.33 |
| 1993 | 704 | #344 | 0.36 |
| 1992 | 793 | #321 | 0.40 |
| 1991 | 1,003 | #269 | 0.50 |
| 1990 | 1,054 | #256 | 0.51 |
| 1989 | 1,130 | #236 | 0.56 |
| 1988 | 1,080 | #229 | 0.56 |
| 1987 | 1,076 | #223 | 0.58 |
| 1986 | 1,075 | #219 | 0.58 |
| 1985 | 1,126 | #215 | 0.61 |
| 1984 | 1,078 | #212 | 0.60 |
| 1983 | 974 | #229 | 0.54 |
| 1982 | 986 | #237 | 0.54 |
| 1981 | 940 | #239 | 0.52 |
| 1980 | 848 | #259 | 0.48 |
| 1979 | 761 | #271 | 0.44 |
| 1978 | 727 | #271 | 0.44 |
| 1977 | 694 | #279 | 0.42 |
| 1976 | 705 | #274 | 0.45 |
| 1975 | 674 | #285 | 0.43 |
| 1974 | 708 | #269 | 0.45 |
| 1973 | 785 | #251 | 0.50 |
| 1972 | 900 | #239 | 0.56 |
| 1971 | 1,064 | #221 | 0.60 |
| 1970 | 1,367 | #195 | 0.74 |
| 1969 | 1,593 | #174 | 0.89 |
| 1968 | 2,067 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1967 | 2,826 | #109 | 1.6 |
| 1966 | 3,817 | #88 | 2.1 |
| 1965 | 4,925 | #68 | 2.6 |
| 1964 | 4,420 | #87 | 2.2 |
| 1963 | 5,013 | #80 | 2.5 |
| 1962 | 4,969 | #83 | 2.4 |
| 1961 | 5,134 | #80 | 2.4 |
| 1960 | 4,436 | #96 | 2.1 |
| 1959 | 2,777 | #130 | 1.3 |
| 1958 | 1,818 | #167 | 0.86 |
| 1957 | 1,798 | #172 | 0.83 |
| 1956 | 1,482 | #187 | 0.70 |
| 1955 | 1,425 | #187 | 0.69 |
| 1954 | 1,331 | #192 | 0.65 |
| 1953 | 1,268 | #192 | 0.64 |
| 1952 | 1,099 | #200 | 0.57 |
| 1951 | 1,074 | #198 | 0.57 |
| 1950 | 1,011 | #203 | 0.56 |
| 1949 | 858 | #216 | 0.48 |
| 1948 | 835 | #224 | 0.48 |
| 1947 | 826 | #222 | 0.45 |
| 1946 | 650 | #238 | 0.40 |
| 1945 | 470 | #278 | 0.35 |
| 1944 | 420 | #289 | 0.31 |
| 1943 | 401 | #309 | 0.28 |
| 1942 | 468 | #279 | 0.34 |
| 1941 | 417 | #282 | 0.34 |
| 1940 | 405 | #279 | 0.35 |
| 1939 | 427 | #261 | 0.39 |
| 1938 | 341 | #296 | 0.31 |
| 1937 | 223 | #362 | 0.21 |
| 1936 | 181 | #406 | 0.17 |
| 1935 | 135 | #492 | 0.13 |
| 1934 | 97 | #598 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 71 | #723 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 45 | #983 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,712 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,657 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,535 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,067 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,704 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,002 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,026 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,505 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,225 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,311 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,497 | under 0.01 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,479 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,167 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,298 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,592 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,955 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,489 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,563 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Darryl a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 93,419 Americans recorded as Darryl, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 69 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Darryl: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Darryl, and how old are they?
74,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 93,419 Americans ever recorded as Darryl. The median Darryl alive today is 60 years old; half are between 43 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 65,344 people named Darryl (567 women and girls, 64,777 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 78,659 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,270 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 30,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 21,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 14,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,710 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Darryl born?
The states with the most babies named Darryl are California, New York and Illinois, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 8,629 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 8,088 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 6,384 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 5,347 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 5,099 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Texas | 4,424 | #2,134 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 4,269 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Florida | 3,884 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Louisiana | 3,599 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| North Carolina | 3,040 | #1,054 | 1.2× |
Where Darryl is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Darryl is most over-represented in District of Columbia: since 1913 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Darryl with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 370,680 babies since 1880, Darryl is the second most given (25% of them). In 2025 it was given to 69 of their 1,483 babies (4.7%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Darryl
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Darryl and names like it
- Compare Darryl and DarrellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sDarryl peaked in 1961.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Darryl since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Darryl: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Darryl.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Darryl alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.