Darnelle
- Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 59.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 367since 1963
Darnelle over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
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| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
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| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,166 | 19 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #3,836 | 9 |
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| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | — | |
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| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
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| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
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| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
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| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
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| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1963
The first year at least five boys were named Darnelle! It came in at #4,048, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1968, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Darnelle is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Darnelle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Darnelle
Momentum · boys
Brand new
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1984 at #2,437 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 90,242
- Highest: 1 in 90,242 boys born in 1984 were named Darnelle (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 38.7% of all boys named Darnelle (142) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1983
- Mostly girls until 1982, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 | #3,935 (1969) | #3,992 |
| 1970s | 39 | #3,694 (1973) | #4,173 |
| 1980s | 142 | #2,437 (1984) | #3,378 |
| 1990s | 103 | #3,166 (1990) | #5,522 |
| 2000s | 55 | #7,055 (2002) | #9,258 |
| 2010s | 7 | #9,664 (2016) | #9,664 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,008 (2025) | #12,169 |
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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