How Many People Are Named Daryl?
people named Daryl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,586 people in the US has this name
Based on 67,477 babies named Daryl in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,968 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 Daryl in English. Counting Daryl and these spellings together, about 262,335 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Daryl, 6.7% were girls and 93.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Daryl fell from 10.6% in the 1910s to 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Daryl alive today is about 54 years old, and 48% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 44 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Daryl first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1956, to 1,968 babies. In 2025, 113 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Daryl has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #161, in 1970. In 2025 it ranked #1,529.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,529 |
| Best rank | #161 (1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #179 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Daryl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Daryl were born in California than in any other state: about 4,559 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Daryl was given 2.6 times as often in South Dakota, 2.4 times in North Dakota and 2.1 times in Iowa.
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