Masculine dossier · first seen 1912

Daryl

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

Endangered Down 95.8% from peak

Peak era

1956

Peak rank proxy

1,832

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1912Peak 19562024

Peak year

1956

Decline from peak

95.8%

2024

All-time

62,940

Daryl 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 1956, when 1,832 boys were named Daryl.

In 2024, only 77 boys were given the name.

Down 95.8% from its peak.

All told, about 62,940 Americans have been named Daryl and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.8% from peak

19561,832 boys named Daryl

202477 boys named Daryl

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