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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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
1904
1903#1,0096
1902
1901#1,0585
1900#1,0507
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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.

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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 1972

boys
#427
343 births · 1 in 4,728 boys

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #427Darrel343
More about 1972

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 4,728 of them was named Darrel, which outranked 92.6% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darrel
  1. #424Benny348
  2. #425Ira347
  3. #426Quentin344
  4. #427Darrel343
  5. #427Bart343
  6. #427Derick343
  7. #430Gilberto342
  8. #431Jeremiah341
  9. #432Quincy340

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

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972