Darel
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · #2,539 for boys in 2025, 52 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1940 · 39 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,168since 1915
Darel over time
Rank among boys' names. Darel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,539 | 52 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,246 | 20 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,105 | 21 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,780 | 23 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,676 | 17 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,617 | 18 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,705 | 27 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,582 | 29 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,440 | 31 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,339 | 33 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,216 | 38 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,254 | 37 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,263 | 38 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,175 | 43 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,259 | 38 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,322 | 36 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,359 | 34 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,228 | 40 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,265 | 37 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,185 | 43 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,140 | 44 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,370 | 31 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,151 | 42 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,508 | 25 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,323 | 32 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,373 | 29 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,340 | 29 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,163 | 37 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,127 | 40 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,482 | 25 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,327 | 28 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,349 | 24 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,400 | 23 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,496 | 22 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,254 | 28 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,031 | 39 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,297 | 26 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,171 | 31 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,271 | 27 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,608 | 19 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,489 | 22 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,787 | 19 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,043 | 16 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,143 | 15 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,882 | 17 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Darel! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
See more about Darel
- 3,660 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #2,539)
- 3,757 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #2,539)
- 5,501 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #2,539)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1940 at #1,031 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 29,722 boys born in 1940 were named Darel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,848 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.9% of all boys named Darel (367) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 47 | #1,882 (1919) | #2,905 |
| 1920s | 137 | #1,760 (1928) | #2,358 |
| 1930s | 192 | #1,171 (1938) | #1,706 |
| 1940s | 286 | #1,031 (1940) | #1,321 |
| 1950s | 352 | #1,140 (1956) | #1,288 |
| 1960s | 367 | #1,175 (1963) | #1,283 |
| 1970s | 195 | #1,582 (1970) | #2,400 |
| 1980s | 137 | #2,617 (1980) | #3,576 |
| 1990s | 149 | #2,780 (1990) | #4,489 |
| 2000s | 86 | #6,226 (2005) | #8,213 |
| 2010s | 104 | #6,001 (2012) | #7,714 |
| 2020s | 116 | #2,539 (2025) | #6,290 |
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.
Darel in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 47,944 of them was named Darel, which outranked 72.3% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,144Sherrill38
- #1,144Stacey38
- #1,144Tod38
- #1,163Darel37
- #1,163Allison37
- #1,163Christy37
- #1,163Clare37
- #1,185Authur36
- #1,185Cleophus36
- #1,185Danniel36
Tied with 21 names at #1,163; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.