Darryl Boy
How popular is Darryl?
#2,108 boy name in 2025
69 baby boys were named Darryl in the US in 2025, making it the 2108th most popular boy name.
Darryl popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,108 for boys (▼ 313 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 69 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-64% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,039 in 2015, #1,478 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1961 (5,134 boys) |
| Highest rank | #68 in 1965 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Darryl counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Darrell family of names ranked #613 for boys in 2025 (#638 the year before), with 435 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Darrell | 97 | 22% |
| Darryl | 69 | 16% |
| Daryl | 113 | 26% |
| Darell | 87 | 20% |
| Darrel | 17 | 4% |
| Darel | 52 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Darryl is most popular
Babies named Darryl per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 boys)
Darryl by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 47 | #2,456 |
| 1920s | 124 | #1,523 |
| 1930s | 1,558 | #261 |
| 1940s | 5,750 | #216 |
| 1950s | 15,083 | #130 |
| 1960s | 39,200 | #68 |
| 1970s | 8,385 | #195 |
| 1980s | 10,313 | #212 |
| 1990s | 6,545 | #256 |
| 2000s | 2,922 | #548 |
| 2010s | 1,788 | #943 |
| 2020s | 570 | #1,478 |
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Questions
- Is Darryl a boy or girl name?
- Darryl is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Darryl were boys.
- How popular is the name Darryl?
- 69 baby boys were named Darryl in the US in 2025, making it the 2108th most popular boy name.
- When was Darryl most popular?
- Darryl peaked in 1961, when 5,134 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #68 in 1965.
- How many people are named Darryl?
- 93,419 babies have been named Darryl in the US since 1880. We estimate about 75,844 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Darryl most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Darryl was most common in Maryland, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.