Dyrell — boys' name
171 babies named Dyrell in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Dyrell was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Dyrell in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dyrell
The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Dyrell between 1963 and 2006, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dyrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dyrell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dyrell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dyrell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dyrell 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 171 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.
Dyrell at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dyrell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1963
- Peak year (1990)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
171 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 14 births in a single year.
Dyrell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 71 births that decade — 42% of Dyrell's all-time total
Dyrell decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dyrell's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Dyrell by state
Where Dyrell concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.5% |
6 of 171 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.5% 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, 1963–2006 (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.