Darrell

Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #1,688 for boys in 2025, 97 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1967 · 3,652 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
13 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
159,766
since 1886

Darrell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #86, 1967boys
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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—#1,68897
2024—#1,459124
2023—#1,576110
2022—#1,433127
2021—#1,407130
2020—#1,255147
2019—#1,144170
2018—#1,067189
2017—#895240
2016—#911236
2015—#934226
2014—#856259
2013—#787286
2012—#786288
2011#16,7645#690338
2010—#746304
2009—#736317
2008—#634388
2007—#604416
2006—#591415
2005—#575405
2004—#559410
2003—#560400
2002—#547405
2001#11,0208#504453
2000—#470499
1999—#428545
1998—#432533
1997#13,7245#415556
1996#13,5185#383609
1995#13,3865#378628
1994—#332746
1993#10,5887#310876
1992—#294915
1991—#2661,020
1990#8,5019#2461,128
1989#5,54515#2251,206
1988#5,06516#2161,214
1987#6,78810#2051,232
1986#5,18814#1961,308
1985#6,45710#1901,324
1984#5,89911#1871,335
1983#3,55522#1881,332
1982#6,8889#1821,389
1981#6,32310#1841,361
1980#5,54412#1681,461
1979#2,93129#1621,527
1978#4,24216#1651,466
1977#4,65214#1501,656
1976#4,61413#1501,659
1975#3,05223#1471,672
1974#3,86316#1371,840
1973#2,91423#1311,977
1972#3,27619#1212,313
1971#2,59928#1182,814
1970#2,20336#1023,148
1969#2,29631#933,249
1968#2,24629#863,446
1967#2,27228#863,652
1966#2,35726#953,497
1965#2,74420#913,888
1964#2,47525#963,968
1963#2,25228#954,097
1962#2,07332#1023,877
1961#2,60822#1014,203
1960#2,98917#1044,148
1959#2,76018#904,647
1958#2,20926#904,771
1957#2,27624#904,570
1956#2,15126#884,468
1955#2,72517#913,902
1954#2,18624#953,643
1953#2,92114#1033,149
1952#2,92114#1092,868
1951#2,81014#1092,746
1950#2,12121#1162,493
1949#2,06922#1172,517
1948#1,82027#1212,336
1947#2,44817#1252,285
1946#2,39216#1311,905
1945#2,23715#1411,522
1944#2,28715#1331,580
1943#2,07918#1401,529
1942#2,66612#1351,591
1941#2,27214#1301,530
1940#2,02916#1311,430
1939#2,20614#1301,340
1938#2,9409#1281,356
1937#1,91417#1301,260
1936#2,8579#1331,208
1935#2,57511#1361,153
1934#3,4497#1401,129
1933#3,1098#1481,026
1932#2,49012#154992
1931#2,75010#167834
1930#4,0476#173828
1929#2,43713#194698
1928#2,95410#210647
1927#3,8757#223603
1926#4,8515#231578
1925#4,9735#248523
1924#4,0027#255509
1923#4,3766#262462
1922—#290379
1921#5,0995#293370
1920—#298359
1919—#332291
1918—#373250
1917—#360241
1916#3,5527#365222
1915—#351231
1914—#421130
1913—#396116
1912—#39794
1911—#47138
1910—#52429
1909—#71415
1908—#61318
1907—#48623
1906—#64014
1905—#74111
1904—#8109
1903—#8468
1902—#68711
1901—#8587
1900—#9029
1899—#7868
1898—#57314
1897—#68110
1896—#9826
1895—#1,0795
1894—#1,0745
1893—#1,0355
1892——
1891—#8416
1890—#9945
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1886—#9595
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Darrell! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Darrell is popular in 1951

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Darrell, so not publishedAKMaine: #97 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 561 boysMEVermont: #94 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 483 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Darrell, so not publishedNHWashington: #93 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 529 boysWAIdaho: #62 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 280 boysIDMontana: #53 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 275 boysMTNorth Dakota: #50 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 245 boysNDMinnesota: #68 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 440 boysMNIllinois: #94 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 636 boysILWisconsin: #92 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 660 boysWIMichigan: #125 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 926 boysMINew York: #275 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 4,395 boysNYMassachusetts: #195 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,126 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Darrell, so not publishedRIOregon: #73 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 391 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Darrell, so not publishedNVWyoming: #116 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 558 boysWYSouth Dakota: #57 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 280 boysSDIowa: #63 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 380 boysIAIndiana: #67 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 412 boysINOhio: #104 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 713 boysOHPennsylvania: #150 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 1,577 boysPANew Jersey: #330 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,253 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Darrell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #107 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 623 boysCAUtah: #58 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 267 boysUTColorado: #67 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 356 boysCONebraska: #77 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 453 boysNEMissouri: #55 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 312 boysMOKentucky: #43 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 233 boysKYWest Virginia: #37 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 192 boysWVVirginia: #117 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 614 boysVAMaryland: #242 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,947 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Darrell, so not publishedDEArizona: #123 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 557 boysAZNew Mexico: #178 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 933 boysNMKansas: #51 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 282 boysKSArkansas: #71 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 334 boysARTennessee: #96 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 538 boysTNNorth Carolina: #137 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 801 boysNCSouth Carolina: #192 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,276 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #137 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 991 boysDCOklahoma: #64 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 326 boysOKLouisiana: #107 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 483 boysLAMississippi: #185 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,270 boysMSAlabama: #162 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,138 boysALGeorgia: #143 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 832 boysGAHawaii: #144 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 618 boysHITexas: #129 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 658 boysTXFlorida: #191 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,382 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#37 · 1 in 192
  2. Kentucky#43 · 1 in 233
  3. North Dakota#50 · 1 in 245
  4. Kansas#51 · 1 in 282
  5. Montana#53 · 1 in 275

Best ever in a state: #29 in Idaho, 1936.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#371271 in 192
Kentucky#431581 in 233
North Dakota#50311 in 245
Kansas#51761 in 282
Montana#53251 in 275
Missouri#551421 in 312
South Dakota#57291 in 280
Utah#58401 in 267
Idaho#62251 in 280
Iowa#63831 in 380
Oklahoma#64741 in 326
Colorado#67481 in 356
Indiana#671181 in 412
Minnesota#68861 in 440
Arkansas#71661 in 334
Oregon#73441 in 391
Nebraska#77341 in 453
Wisconsin#92641 in 660
Washington#93531 in 529
Illinois#941531 in 636
Vermont#9481 in 483
Tennessee#96741 in 538
Maine#97171 in 561
Ohio#1041371 in 713
California#1072081 in 623
Louisiana#107771 in 483
Wyoming#11661 in 558
Virginia#117641 in 614
Arizona#123191 in 557
Michigan#125911 in 926
Texas#1291661 in 658
District of Columbia#137141 in 991
North Carolina#137661 in 801
Georgia#143541 in 832
Hawaii#144101 in 618
Pennsylvania#150731 in 1,577
Alabama#162341 in 1,138
New Mexico#178111 in 933
Mississippi#185231 in 1,270
Florida#191241 in 1,382
South Carolina#192231 in 1,276
Massachusetts#195121 in 4,126
Maryland#24291 in 2,947
New York#275361 in 4,395
New Jersey#33061 in 8,253
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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 Darrell
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 229 spots since 2024 (#1,459 → #1,688)
  • 433 spots since 2020 (#1,255 → #1,688)
  • 754 spots since 2015 (#934 → #1,688)
  • Biggest jump: 301 spots in 1897 (#982 → #681)
  • Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1899 (#573 → #786)
Rise & fade · boys
81 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1967 at #86 (3,652 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 13 yrs · run 1963–1969
  • Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1896–2017
Share of babies · boys
1 in 445
  • Highest: 1 in 445 boys born in 1958 were named Darrell (0.22%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,609 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #86 in 1967, was only 1 in 477 (0.21%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 23.8% of all boys named Darrell (38,025) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#959 (1886)#959
1890s64#573 (1898)#894
1900s125#486 (1907)#730
1910s1,642#332 (1919)#399
1920s5,128#194 (1929)#250
1930s11,126#128 (1938)#144
1940s18,225#117 (1949)#130
1950s37,257#88 (1956)#98
1960s38,025#86 (1967)#95
1970s20,072#102 (1970)#138
1980s13,162#168 (1980)#194
1990s7,556#246 (1990)#348
2000s4,108#470 (2000)#578
2010s2,536#690 (2011)#882
2020s735#1,255 (2020)#1,470

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.

Darrell in 1951

girls
#2,810
14 births · 1 in 128,633 girls
boys
#109
2,746 births · 1 in 686 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #2,810Darrell14

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #109Darrell2,746
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 128,633 of them was named Darrell, which outranked 54.8% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darrell
  1. #2,694Voncille15
  2. #2,694Walda15
  3. #2,694Zaida15
  4. #2,810Darrell14
  5. #2,810Adina14
  6. #2,810Alyse14
  7. #2,810Ammie14
  8. #2,937Adena13
  9. #2,937Ailene13
  10. #2,937Allean13

Tied with 126 names at #2,810; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 345Rhona#1,333 → #988
  2. ↑ 307Bobbi#1,153 → #846
  3. ↑ 296Ricki#1,090 → #794
  4. ↑ 295Mindy#771 → #476
  5. ↑ 288Sharleen#1,053 → #765
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Sharman#668 → #1,063
  2. ↓ 343Manuela#773 → #1,116
  3. ↓ 294Allie#945 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 253Merrie#937 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 252Olive#891 → #1,143

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

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 686 of them was named Darrell, which outranked 97.4% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darrell
  1. #106Calvin2,843
  2. #107Bernard2,772
  3. #108Gordon2,759
  4. #109Darrell2,746
  5. #110Victor2,733
  6. #111Leroy2,717
  7. #112Herbert2,703
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 428Kimberly#1,139 → #711
  2. ↑ 372Cole#1,364 → #992
  3. ↑ 357Wayland#1,272 → #915
  4. ↑ 354Ricki#1,139 → #785
  5. ↑ 346Lou#1,289 → #943
Fallers
  1. ↓ 944Jory#960 → #1,904
  2. ↓ 502Samual#960 → #1,462
  3. ↓ 426Carlyle#918 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 319Shaun#899 → #1,218
  5. ↓ 318Tex#977 → #1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951 →