Darl

Where Darl comes from

Darl hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #1,740 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1931
    Peak, #983
    45 babies named Darl — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1959
    Darl McBride born
    American businessman
  4. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,695.
  5. 1979
    Darl Douglas born
    Surinamese soccer player and musician
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Darl Douglas · Surinamese soccer player and musician, born 1979
  • Darl McBride · American businessman, 1959–2024

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.