boys:
792 births since 1923
#3795 (17th percentile)
overall:
792 births since 1923
#6947 (10th percentile)
The name Darrow is the #6,947 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 792 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 10.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,795 (17.2% percentile) for all time with 792 births since 1923.
Darrow first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (first recorded for boys in 1923). Birth data for Darrow is available in 77 out of the 101 years between 1923 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Darrow reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #596) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1952, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Darrow ranks #899 for boys (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 83.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Darrow".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Darrow. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Darrow is pronounced as DA-roh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-roh, at 40.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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