Darryl — #1792 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Darryl

The Social Security Administration has registered 92,211 babies named Darryl between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darryl currently holds the #1792 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 5,133 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darryl performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 39,197 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Darryl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8,617 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Darryl in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darryl 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 92,211 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.