Darryl

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Darryl: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Darryl: Recorded since 1952, it reached #58 in 1963, and it stood at #4,107 in 2023.

5registrars recorded it
115times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#58highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#335
1997	#413
1998	#585
1999	#679
2000	#673
2001	#707
2002	#1033
2003	#1092
2004	#841
2005	#1299
2006	#2282
2007	#1361
2008	#1706
2009	#2126
2010	#2400
2011	#2892
2012	#3039
2013	#1404
2014	#3362
2015	#3004
2016	#3079
2017	#4812
2018	#3412
2020	#3848
2022	#4789
2023	#4107

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 40 of the 52 years from 1966 to 2017.

In 2017: #610 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4812 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #90 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1957–1975
Highest recorded position: #58 among boys in New Zealand, in 1963 (recorded 1957–1975).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4107 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Darryl appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 40 ranked years and 266 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Darryl across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Darryl's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#256 (1966)	#156 (1994)	#610 (2017)	40 of 52	266 (1966–2017)	18 (1994)
England and Wales · Boys	#335 (1996)	#335 (1996)	#4107 (2023)	26 of 28	419 (1996–2023)	71 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#90 (1952)	#66 (1963)	#98 (1971)	17 of 20	1,627 (1952–1971)	126 (1960)
New Zealand · Boys	#93 (1957)	#58 (1963)	#97 (1975)	17 of 19	1,517 (1957–1975)	132 (1963)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#143 (1997)	#143 (1997)	#398 (2014)	15 of 18	90 (1997–2014)	12 (1997)

Darryl by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Darryl in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	6	2 of 10	3
1970s	28	7 of 10	4
1980s	71	10 of 10	7
1990sbusiest	105	10 of 10	11
2000s	35	7 of 10	5
2010s	21	4 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Darryl appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #58 in New Zealand in 1963.

Darryl's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#841	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1092	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1033	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#707	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#673	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#679	25	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#585	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#413	51	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#335	71	High	Verified
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	71	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	66	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	68	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	65	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New Zealand	male	#97	65	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#94	69	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#92	78	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#95	78	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#79	98	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#93	78	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#86	92	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#90	73	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#76	99	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#67	108	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#59	129	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#61	132	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#58	132	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#79	92	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#90	72	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#93	65	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#93	57	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#192	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#201	7	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#157	10	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#165	9	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#186	8	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#172	9	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#143	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	10	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	13	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	14	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	18	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	11	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#183	13	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#175	13	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	8	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	15	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#248	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1952 and 2023, ranked in 66 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #58, first reached in 1963.

It held a top-100 place in 23 years, 22 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 132 births, registered in New Zealand in 1963.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1957, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Darrin · #58, 18y
Darron · #260, 15y
Darsh · #999, 23y
Darshan · #1027, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Connie · #58, 69y
Michal · #58, 63y
Norman · #62, 62y
Hugh · #53, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Connie · #58, 69y
Janette · #58, 45y
Lindsay · #58, 55y
Michal · #58, 63y

Darryl was ranked #58 in New Zealand · Boys in 1963. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Darryl and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Darryl without appearing here.

Darryl moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Mitchell Compare
In 2007 they stood at #448 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #412 and #698.
Jakob Compare
In 2013 they stood at #730 and #540 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #403 and #609.
Phillip Compare
In 2013 they stood at #730 and #540 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #403 and #609.

Moved ahead of Darryl

Hans Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3079 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #2172.
Gustav Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3079 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #2512.
Anders Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3848 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2529.
Fredrik Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1404 and #2055 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #1421.

Moved the opposite way to Darryl

Benjamin Compare
Between 1966 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darryl went from #256 to #610 while Benjamin went from #185 to #69.
Conor Compare
Between 1966 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darryl went from #256 to #610 while Conor went from #47 to #4.
James Compare
Between 1966 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darryl went from #256 to #610 while James went from #4 to #2.
Liam Compare
Between 1966 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darryl went from #256 to #610 while Liam went from #57 to #15.

Moved the same way as Darryl

Alfred Compare
Between 1966 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darryl went from #256 to #610 and Alfred from #159 to #418.
Denis Compare
Between 1966 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darryl went from #256 to #610 and Denis from #26 to #145.
Edward Compare
Between 1966 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darryl went from #256 to #610 and Edward from #17 to #101.
Frank Compare
Between 1966 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darryl went from #256 to #610 and Frank from #139 to #197.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #58 in New Zealand in 1963. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Darryl

Darryl at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darryl across 5 official records

Darryl by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Darryl appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Darryl

Darryl and the names beside it

Darryl moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Darryl

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Darryl at a glance

Darryl across 5 official records

Darryl by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Darryl appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Darryl

Darryl and the names beside it

Darryl moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Darryl

Moved the opposite way to Darryl

Moved the same way as Darryl