Daryle — boys' name
2,633 babies named Daryle in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Daryle was born in this single decade.
142 babies were named Daryle in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daryle
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,633 babies named Daryle between 1917 and 2009, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daryle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 142 babies received it in a single year. Daryle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 198 additional births since 1933.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daryle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 661 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Daryle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 134 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Daryle in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daryle 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 2,633 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.
Daryle at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Daryle popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1917
- Peak year (1970)
- 142
- Annual births at peak — across 93 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
2,633 total births across 93 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 142 births in a single year.
Daryle popularity over time — girls
198 total births recorded since 1933 (Daryle as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Daryle accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Daryle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 661 births that decade — 25% of Daryle's all-time total
Daryle decade highlights
- Peak decade 661 births
- Runner-up 550 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Daryle's strongest decade
661 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Daryle by state
Where Daryle concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 134 | 5.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 74 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 47 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 40 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 31 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 24 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 21 | 0.8% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 19 | 0.7% |
134 of 2,633 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.1% of nationwide
- New York 2.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Daryle appears in 24 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, 1917–2009 (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.