Masculine dossier · first seen 1913

Darryl

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Darryl
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

5,133

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1913Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

All-time

92,211

Darryl once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1961, when 5,133 boys were named Darryl.

In 2024, only 91 boys were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 92,211 Americans have been named Darryl and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

19615,133 boys named Darryl

202491 boys named Darryl

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