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Darell

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Darell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 80 births. Its best rank was 813th, in 1948.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
800.00% of boys
Peak year
198898 births
Best rank
#813in 1948
Since 1914
5,333people given the name
Babies named Darell, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

5,333 boys have been named Darell in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 98 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1980s alone account for 13%. It has spent 27 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

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By decade

Decadeboys named Darell
1910s35
1920s135
1930s255
1940s488
1950s662
1960s671
1970s537
1980s703
1990s626
2000s431
2010s444
2020s346

In 1988, its biggest year

Darell was the 981st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1988 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1988.

Names that rose and fell with Darell

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.