Durl — boys' name
35 babies named Durl in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Durl was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Durl in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Durl
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Durl between 1925 and 1949, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Durl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Durl performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Durl shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Durl 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 35 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.
Durl at a glance
Last recorded 1949Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Durl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1925
- Peak year (1926)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1949.
35 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 9 births in a single year.
Durl by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 19 births that decade — 54% of Durl's all-time total
Durl decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Durl's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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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, 1925–1949 (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.