Darryll — boys' name

What the Data Says About Darryll

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,366 babies named Darryll between 1936 and 2016, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darryll currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 63 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darryll performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 485 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Darryll shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Darryll in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darryll 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 1,366 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.