Darrel

Last seen for girls in 1974 at #8,775 · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1939 · 475 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
29,769
since 1900

Darrel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Darrel has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #242, 1939boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#5,39917
2024—#5,24118
2023—#5,25518
2022—#4,85020
2021—#3,18037
2020—#4,54021
2019—#3,79428
2018—#3,70829
2017—#4,93519
2016—#4,47022
2015—#3,59130
2014—#2,54248
2013—#2,84840
2012—#3,17935
2011—#2,74843
2010—#3,23934
2009—#2,84742
2008—#2,63247
2007—#2,81142
2006—#2,22157
2005—#1,98363
2004—#2,56942
2003—#2,05555
2002—#2,15549
2001—#1,65970
2000—#1,64171
1999—#1,50375
1998—#1,47575
1997—#1,21297
1996—#1,27886
1995—#1,27584
1994—#1,17894
1993—#889144
1992—#936130
1991—#767178
1990—#773173
1989—#713191
1988—#690185
1987—#624213
1986—#670179
1985—#674173
1984—#652175
1983—#636181
1982—#660174
1981—#623188
1980—#616203
1979—#572223
1978—#587205
1977—#590204
1976—#556209
1975—#547217
1974#8,7755#500252
1973#8,4235#485261
1972—#427343
1971—#434352
1970#7,9955#413392
1969—#396401
1968—#352486
1967#5,4577#342483
1966#5,8096#335507
1965—#339499
1964—#319596
1963—#326585
1962#6,5785#308637
1961#5,3097#305646
1960#6,3905#302659
1959—#305645
1958#4,5208#302627
1957#5,3776#297641
1956—#294629
1955—#292608
1954#4,2788#286609
1953—#297562
1952#4,9086#291581
1951#5,4145#275603
1950#4,7386#295530
1949—#271597
1948—#283564
1947#4,7646#263651
1946—#264568
1945—#288431
1944#4,5745#274469
1943—#270503
1942—#251526
1941—#251492
1940#4,3495#252474
1939#3,4297#242475
1938#4,3425#252467
1937—#280375
1936—#267408
1935—#266414
1934—#286358
1933—#292330
1932#4,4115#302338
1931—#310304
1930—#346265
1929#4,0536#358249
1928—#372244
1927—#407219
1926—#407215
1925—#445182
1924—#424206
1923—#509145
1922—#502151
1921—#515144
1920—#507143
1919—#576108
1918—#596105
1917—#64585
1916—#60692
1915—#62186
1914—#81942
1913—#85532
1912—#64942
1911—#98212
1910—#1,1938
1909—#1,4405
1908—#1,0218
1907—#73513
1906—#9278
1905—#74111
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Darrel! It came in at #1,050, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Darrel is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedNHWashington: #420 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,184 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedMNIllinois: #577 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,855 boysILWisconsin: #430 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,051 boysWIMichigan: #511 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,417 boysMINew York: #721 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 11,254 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedINOhio: #495 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,064 boysOHPennsylvania: #658 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,323 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #624 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 8,739 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedNEMissouri: #384 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,336 boysMOKentucky: #353 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,685 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #354 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,824 boysOKLouisiana: #345 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,437 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedMSAlabama: #477 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,488 boysALGeorgia: #513 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,883 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Darrel, so not publishedHITexas: #598 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 7,413 boysTXFlorida: #559 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,639 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#345 · 1 in 2,437
  2. Kentucky#353 · 1 in 4,685
  3. Oklahoma#354 · 1 in 3,824
  4. Missouri#384 · 1 in 5,336
  5. Washington#420 · 1 in 5,184

Best ever in a state: #47 in South Dakota, 1938.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#345151 in 2,437
Kentucky#35361 in 4,685
Oklahoma#35461 in 3,824
Missouri#38471 in 5,336
Washington#42061 in 5,184
Wisconsin#43051 in 7,051
Alabama#47751 in 5,488
Ohio#49591 in 9,064
Michigan#51181 in 8,417
Georgia#51371 in 5,883
Florida#55991 in 6,639
Illinois#577111 in 7,855
Texas#598181 in 7,413
California#624221 in 8,739
Pennsylvania#65851 in 15,323
New York#721101 in 11,254
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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 Darrel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 158 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #5,399)
  • 859 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #5,399)
  • 1,808 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #5,399)
  • Biggest jump: 333 spots in 1912 (#982 → #649)
  • Biggest drop: 289 spots in 1994 (#889 → #1,178)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1939 at #242 (475 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 36 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 86 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1911–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,330
  • Highest: 1 in 2,330 boys born in 1939 were named Darrel (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.3% of all boys named Darrel (6,035) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s63#735 (1907)#998
1910s612#576 (1919)#754
1920s1,898#358 (1929)#445
1930s3,734#242 (1939)#284
1940s5,275#251 (1942)#267
1950s6,035#275 (1951)#293
1960s5,499#302 (1960)#332
1970s2,658#413 (1970)#511
1980s1,862#616 (1980)#656
1990s1,136#767 (1991)#1,129
2000s538#1,641 (2000)#2,257
2010s328#2,542 (2014)#3,505
2020s131#3,180 (2021)#4,744

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.

Darrel in 1980

boys
#616
203 births · 1 in 8,788 boys

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #616Darrel203
More about 1980

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 8,788 of them was named Darrel, which outranked 91.6% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darrel
  1. #613Emilio204
  2. #613Marion204
  3. #613Sylvester204
  4. #616Darrel203
  5. #616Virgil203
  6. #616Weston203
  7. #619Darrick199
  8. #620Conor198
  9. #620Reed198

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →