Darell
- Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798
- #1,826 for boys in 2025, 87 births
- Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1948 · 70 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,420since 1914
Darell over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Darell has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,826 | 87 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,957 | 80 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,221 | 64 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,243 | 64 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,300 | 60 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,895 | 78 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,110 | 68 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,872 | 80 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,755 | 44 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,681 | 29 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,684 | 29 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,090 | 36 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,405 | 31 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,002 | 38 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,663 | 45 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,753 | 44 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,405 | 53 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,602 | 47 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,542 | 47 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,433 | 47 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,164 | 54 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,847 | 34 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,817 | 33 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,864 | 32 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,379 | 40 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,347 | 38 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,833 | 54 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,991 | 45 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,638 | 59 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,914 | 44 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,421 | 68 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,379 | 70 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,262 | 80 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,352 | 70 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,072 | 98 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,318 | 69 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #981 | 98 |
| 1987 | — | #1,096 | 77 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #937 | 95 |
| 1985 | — | #970 | 88 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,123 | 65 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,314 | 50 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,254 | 55 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,246 | 54 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,291 | 52 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,241 | 55 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,240 | 52 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,245 | 51 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,100 | 59 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,238 | 47 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,198 | 48 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,223 | 46 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,069 | 57 | |
| 1971 | — | #998 | 66 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,093 | 56 | |
| 1969 | — | #885 | 74 | |
| 1968 | — | #866 | 70 | |
| 1967 | — | #885 | 66 | |
| 1966 | — | #860 | 71 | |
| 1965 | — | #942 | 61 | |
| 1964 | — | #945 | 65 | |
| 1963 | — | #869 | 75 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,013 | 57 | |
| 1961 | — | #896 | 73 | |
| 1960 | — | #996 | 59 | |
| 1959 | — | #838 | 81 | |
| 1958 | — | #835 | 81 | |
| 1957 | — | #849 | 78 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,008 | 55 | |
| 1955 | — | #971 | 60 | |
| 1954 | — | #918 | 65 | |
| 1953 | — | #895 | 64 | |
| 1952 | — | #953 | 56 | |
| 1951 | — | #857 | 66 | |
| 1950 | — | #918 | 56 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #813 | 70 | |
| 1947 | — | #842 | 67 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,124 | 38 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,039 | 38 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,004 | 42 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,018 | 43 | |
| 1942 | — | #834 | 61 | |
| 1941 | — | #987 | 42 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,090 | 36 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,272 | 27 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,221 | 29 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,233 | 29 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,118 | 34 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,538 | 20 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,189 | 31 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,286 | 28 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,643 | 19 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,480 | 24 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,522 | 24 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,981 | 16 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,240 | 14 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Darell! It came in at #2,651, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1919, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Darell is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New Jersey#829 · 1 in 5,681
- Colorado#849 · 1 in 5,370
- Florida#1,056 · 1 in 7,961
- Illinois#1,280 · 1 in 9,910
- Texas#1,347 · 1 in 12,504
Best ever in a state: #188 in North Dakota, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| Colorado | #849 | 5 | 1 in 5,370 |
| Florida | #1,056 | 12 | 1 in 7,961 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
| Texas | #1,347 | 14 | 1 in 12,504 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Darell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 69 spots since 2020 (#1,895 → #1,826)
- Biggest jump: 282 spots in 1947
- Biggest drop: 337 spots in 1989
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1948 at #813 (70 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 53 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1947–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,384
- Highest: 1 in 19,384 boys born in 1986 were named Darell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,633 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #813 in 1948, was only 1 in 25,066 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 13.0% of all boys named Darell (703) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | #2,651 (1914) | #3,593 |
| 1920s | 135 | #1,480 (1929) | #2,452 |
| 1930s | 255 | #1,118 (1936) | #1,401 |
| 1940s | 488 | #813 (1948) | #972 |
| 1950s | 662 | #835 (1958) | #904 |
| 1960s | 671 | #860 (1966) | #916 |
| 1970s | 537 | #998 (1971) | #1,165 |
| 1980s | 703 | #937 (1986) | #1,153 |
| 1990s | 626 | #1,072 (1990) | #1,621 |
| 2000s | 431 | #2,164 (2004) | #2,581 |
| 2010s | 444 | #1,872 (2018) | #2,899 |
| 2020s | 433 | #1,826 (2025) | #2,074 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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