How Many People Are Named Darryl?
people named Darryl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,564 people in the US has this name
Based on 93,419 babies named Darryl in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,178 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of DARRELL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Darryl in English. Counting Darryl and these spellings together, about 262,335 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Darryl, 1.3% were girls and 98.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Darryl alive today is about 54 years old, and 49% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 42 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Darryl first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1961, to 5,178 babies. In 2025, 69 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Darryl never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #68, in 1965, and it was in the top 100 for 7 years, 1960 to 1966. In 2025 it ranked #2,115.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,115 |
| Best rank | #68 (1965) |
| Years in the top 100 | 7 (1960 to 1966) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #94 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Darryl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Darryl were born in California than in any other state: about 6,775 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Darryl was given 2.7 times as often in District of Columbia, 2 times in Louisiana and 1.9 times in Hawaii.
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