Durell
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #9,823
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 208 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,742since 1913
Durell over time
Rank among boys' names. Durell has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #2,532 | 28 |
| 1991 | #1,919 | 40 |
| 1990 | #1,968 | 38 |
| 1989 | #1,516 | 54 |
| 1988 | #1,341 | 59 |
| 1987 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #816 | 123 |
| 1985 | #606 | 208 |
| 1984 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1983 | #2,408 | 20 |
| 1982 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | #2,131 | 22 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Durell! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1934, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Durell is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#325 · 1 in 3,537
- South Carolina#349 · 1 in 3,011
- Alabama#373 · 1 in 3,611
- Louisiana#484 · 1 in 4,256
- New York#504 · 1 in 6,431
Best ever in a state: #220 in Maryland, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #325 | 8 | 1 in 3,537 |
| South Carolina | #349 | 7 | 1 in 3,011 |
| Alabama | #373 | 7 | 1 in 3,611 |
| Louisiana | #484 | 8 | 1 in 4,256 |
| New York | #504 | 19 | 1 in 6,431 |
| Illinois | #634 | 9 | 1 in 8,869 |
| Texas | #991 | 8 | 1 in 18,291 |
| California | #1,300 | 8 | 1 in 28,537 |
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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 Durell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 793 spots in 1985 (#1,399 → #606)
- Biggest drop: 623 spots in 1987 (#816 → #1,439)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1985 at #606 (208 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1985–1986
- Highest: 1 in 8,886 boys born in 1985 were named Durell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,430 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 35.0% of all boys named Durell (609) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 66 | #2,152 (1916) | #2,601 |
| 1920s | 119 | #1,549 (1921) | #2,611 |
| 1930s | 88 | #1,905 (1933) | #2,464 |
| 1940s | 70 | #1,736 (1940) | #2,690 |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,033 (1959) | #3,035 |
| 1960s | 108 | #2,046 (1969) | #2,694 |
| 1970s | 121 | #2,068 (1978) | #3,232 |
| 1980s | 609 | #606 (1985) | #1,795 |
| 1990s | 217 | #1,919 (1991) | #3,646 |
| 2000s | 155 | #4,129 (2004) | #5,646 |
| 2010s | 116 | #4,463 (2013) | #7,436 |
| 2020s | 13 | #9,823 (2022) | #10,214 |
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.
Durell in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 14,972 of them was named Durell, which outranked 89.6% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #811Hassan124
- #811Martell124
- #811Tyrel124
- #816Durell123
- #816Archie123
- #816Dario123
- #816Jerel123
- #821Broderick122
- #821Cullen122
- #821Drake122
Tied with 4 names at #816; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.