How rare is the name Darryl?

65,344 people in the United States have the first name Darryl, about 1 in 4,622. It ranks #766 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DARRYL

#766

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
65,344
About
1 in 4,622
This common or more
66%
Who bears it

Of the 65,344 people named Darryl, 50.7% reported their origin as Black, 40.4% as White and 3.4% as two or more races. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Darryl peaked in 1961, when 5,178 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
1961
Births that year
5,178
In 2025*
69 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 93,419 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Darryl by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #197. The largest share of babies named Darryl, 45.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#6,01747
1920s#4,693124
1930s#9591,586
1940s#5415,901
1950s#39215,315
1960s#19739,553
1970s#5408,483
1980s#48010,465
1990s#7656,651
2000s#1,5512,930
2010s#2,3791,794
2020s#3,676570
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–454.6%
Baby boom 1946–6445.8%
Generation X 1965–8026.5%
Millennials 1981–9616%
Generation Z 1997–125.2%
2013 and later1.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Darryl is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Darryl has been most common in District of Columbia (3.8×), Hawaii (2.2×), and Louisiana (2.2×), and least common in South Dakota (0.11×).

88,885 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Darryl

#764 Mayra · 65,662#765 Ayden · 65,628#767 Hudson · 65,102#768 Jace · 64,943

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Darryl, most common first.

#890 Daryl · 50,922#1,654 Darrel · 18,962#13,011 Darryll · 939#13,686 Darryle · 877#22,912 Darrol · 431#28,083 Darral · 322#36,185 Darryel · 220#44,359 Darril · 156

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