Daryel — #9075 US boys' name
543 babies named Daryel in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Daryel was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Daryel in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daryel
The Social Security Administration has registered 543 babies named Daryel between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daryel currently holds the #9075 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daryel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Daryel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Daryel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daryel 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 543 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.
Daryel at a glance
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Current rank
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Daryel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1926
- Peak year (1955)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 99 years of records
Currently ranks #9075 among boys.
543 total births across 99 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 19 births in a single year.
Daryel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 123 births that decade — 23% of Daryel's all-time total
Daryel decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Daryel's strongest decade
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Daryel by state
Where Daryel concentrates geographically — total births since 1926
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 543 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1926–2024 (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.