Daryl Boy
How popular is Daryl?
#1,529 boy name in 2025
113 baby boys were named Daryl in the US in 2025, making it the 1529th most popular boy name.
Daryl popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,529 for boys (▲ 468 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 113 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,160 in 2015, #1,647 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1956 (1,832 boys) |
| Highest rank | #161 in 1970 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Daryl 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 Daryl is most popular
Babies named Daryl per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Iowa: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 boys)
Daryl by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 193 | #1,097 |
| 1920s | 1,080 | #426 |
| 1930s | 1,842 | #324 |
| 1940s | 5,290 | #205 |
| 1950s | 14,506 | #165 |
| 1960s | 15,268 | #173 |
| 1970s | 11,014 | #161 |
| 1980s | 6,840 | #274 |
| 1990s | 3,519 | #441 |
| 2000s | 1,776 | #734 |
| 2010s | 1,198 | #1,160 |
| 2020s | 532 | #1,529 |
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Questions
- Is Daryl a boy or girl name?
- Daryl is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Daryl were boys.
- How popular is the name Daryl?
- 113 baby boys were named Daryl in the US in 2025, making it the 1529th most popular boy name.
- When was Daryl most popular?
- Daryl peaked in 1956, when 1,832 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #161 in 1970.
- How many people are named Daryl?
- 67,477 babies have been named Daryl in the US since 1880. We estimate about 52,554 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 58.
- Where is Daryl most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Daryl was most common in Pennsylvania, 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.