Darryl is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1961 and has since faded.
Darryl is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,115 for boy births in the United States (and #4,520 across all names), given to 69 babies. Darryl was first reported in SSA data in 1913 and peaked in 1961 (5,134 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | 69 | — | #2,115 |
| 2024 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,798 |
| 2023 | 89 | 89 | — | #1,805 |
| 2022 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,656 |
| 2021 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,637 |
| 2020 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,479 |
| 2019 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,348 |
| 2018 | 136 | 136 | — | #1,329 |
| 2017 | 138 | 138 | — | #1,308 |
| 2016 | 184 | 184 | — | #1,073 |
| 2015 | 193 | 193 | — | #1,039 |
| 2014 | 178 | 178 | — | #1,083 |
| 2013 | 192 | 192 | — | #1,016 |
| 2012 | 212 | 212 | — | #952 |
| 2011 | 215 | 215 | #15,295 | #950 |
| 2010 | 213 | 213 | — | #943 |
| 2009 | 235 | 235 | — | #889 |
| 2008 | 294 | 294 | — | #756 |
| 2007 | 242 | 242 | — | #859 |
| 2006 | 271 | 271 | — | #768 |
| 2005 | 260 | 260 | — | #763 |
| 2004 | 277 | 277 | — | #697 |
| 2003 | 281 | 281 | — | #689 |
| 2002 | 332 | 332 | — | #606 |
| 2001 | 354 | 354 | #11,269 | #582 |
| 2000 | 384 | 384 | — | #550 |
| 1999 | 400 | 400 | #9,689 | #533 |
| 1998 | 428 | 428 | #10,343 | #507 |
| 1997 | 495 | — | #11,135 | #451 |
| 1996 | 532 | — | #8,310 | #431 |
| 1995 | 549 | — | #7,644 | #423 |
| 1994 | 642 | — | #8,284 | #373 |
| 1993 | 721 | — | #5,477 | #344 |
| 1992 | 805 | — | #7,149 | #321 |
| 1991 | 1,012 | — | #8,767 | #269 |
| 1990 | 1,067 | — | #6,554 | #256 |
| 1989 | 1,145 | — | #5,615 | #236 |
| 1988 | 1,092 | — | #6,363 | #229 |
| 1987 | 1,105 | — | #3,192 | #223 |
| 1986 | 1,093 | — | #4,387 | #219 |
| 1985 | 1,145 | — | #4,166 | #215 |
| 1984 | 1,089 | — | #5,991 | #212 |
| 1983 | 989 | — | #4,725 | #229 |
| 1982 | 1,000 | — | #4,993 | #237 |
| 1981 | 951 | — | #5,967 | #239 |
| 1980 | 856 | — | #7,570 | #259 |
| 1979 | 770 | — | #6,822 | #271 |
| 1978 | 741 | — | #4,733 | #271 |
| 1977 | 701 | — | #7,724 | #279 |
| 1976 | 711 | — | #8,386 | #274 |
| 1975 | 684 | — | #5,627 | #285 |
| 1974 | 715 | — | #7,049 | #269 |
| 1973 | 794 | — | #5,679 | #251 |
| 1972 | 912 | — | #4,584 | #239 |
| 1971 | 1,074 | — | #5,200 | #221 |
| 1970 | 1,381 | — | #4,083 | #195 |
| 1969 | 1,606 | — | #4,002 | #174 |
| 1968 | 2,089 | — | #2,723 | #140 |
| 1967 | 2,856 | — | #2,175 | #109 |
| 1966 | 3,858 | — | #1,770 | #88 |
| 1965 | 4,963 | — | #1,862 | #68 |
| 1964 | 4,455 | — | #2,020 | #87 |
| 1963 | 5,059 | — | #1,687 | #80 |
| 1962 | 5,008 | — | #1,832 | #83 |
| 1961 | 5,178 | — | #1,723 | #80 |
| 1960 | 4,481 | — | #1,677 | #96 |
| 1959 | 2,801 | — | #2,353 | #130 |
| 1958 | 1,842 | — | #2,338 | #167 |
| 1957 | 1,818 | — | #2,579 | #172 |
| 1956 | 1,512 | — | #1,980 | #187 |
| 1955 | 1,451 | — | #2,119 | #187 |
| 1954 | 1,357 | — | #2,089 | #192 |
| 1953 | 1,291 | — | #2,184 | #192 |
| 1952 | 1,125 | — | #1,987 | #200 |
| 1951 | 1,094 | — | #2,260 | #198 |
| 1950 | 1,024 | — | #2,936 | #203 |
| 1949 | 890 | — | #1,672 | #216 |
| 1948 | 851 | — | #2,513 | #224 |
| 1947 | 852 | — | #1,908 | #222 |
| 1946 | 665 | — | #2,503 | #238 |
| 1945 | 484 | — | #2,358 | #278 |
| 1944 | 437 | — | #2,115 | #289 |
| 1943 | 414 | — | #2,582 | #309 |
| 1942 | 479 | — | #2,857 | #279 |
| 1941 | 417 | — | — | #282 |
| 1940 | 412 | — | #3,578 | #279 |
| 1939 | 435 | — | #3,201 | #261 |
| 1938 | 355 | — | #2,251 | #296 |
| 1937 | 223 | — | — | #362 |
| 1936 | 187 | — | #3,792 | #406 |
| 1935 | 135 | — | — | #492 |
| 1934 | 97 | — | — | #598 |
| 1933 | 71 | — | — | #723 |
| 1932 | 45 | — | — | #983 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | — | #1,712 |
| 1930 | 20 | — | — | #1,657 |
| 1929 | 23 | — | — | #1,535 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | — | #2,067 |
| 1927 | 21 | — | — | #1,704 |
| 1926 | 16 | — | — | #2,002 |
| 1925 | 16 | — | — | #2,027 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | — | #2,505 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | — | #3,227 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | — | #3,313 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | — | #4,499 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | — | #3,480 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | — | #3,168 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | — | #3,299 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | — | #3,593 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | — | #3,957 |
| 1914 | 8 | — | — | #2,490 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | — | #2,564 |