How rare is the name Daryl?

50,922 people in the United States have the first name Daryl, about 1 in 5,931. It ranks #890 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DARYL

#890

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
50,922
About
1 in 5,931
This common or more
68.3%
Who bears it

Of the 50,922 people named Daryl, 66.3% reported their origin as White, 24.1% as Black and 3% as two or more races. 93.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Daryl peaked in 1956, when 1,968 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1956
Births that year
1,968
In 2025*
113 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 67,477 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Daryl by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #383. The largest share of babies named Daryl, 41.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#2,545216
1920s#1,2491,153
1930s#8302,079
1940s#5356,095
1950s#38315,823
1960s#38715,914
1970s#44411,270
1980s#6357,275
1990s#1,1043,979
2000s#2,1261,897
2010s#3,0781,244
2020s#3,858532
Greatest Generation 1901–271.7%
Silent Generation 1928–457.1%
Baby boom 1946–6441.4%
Generation X 1965–8028.9%
Millennials 1981–9614.3%
Generation Z 1997–124.5%
2013 and later2.1%

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 Daryl is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Daryl has been most common in South Dakota (2.7×), North Dakota (2.4×), and Iowa (2.2×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.18×).

61,115 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 Daryl

#888 Rosemarie · 51,041#889 Mya · 51,028#891 Rodolfo · 50,870#892 Esmeralda · 50,748

Spelled almost the same

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

#766 Darryl · 65,344#7,800 Daryle · 1,912#9,035 Darel · 1,569#9,254 Daryll · 1,516#12,776 Darl · 964#24,812 Daryel · 386#25,184 Darol · 378#32,550 Daril · 258

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