Darrel
Darrel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. Its best rank was 243rd, in 1939.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1960659 births
- Best rank
- #243in 1939
- Since 1900
- 29,749people given the name
The story in the numbers
29,749 boys have been named Darrel in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 659 births.
The name has all but left use: 18 births in 2024, against 659 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 20%. It has spent 86 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Darrel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 63 | |
| 1910s | 612 | |
| 1920s | 1,898 | |
| 1930s | 3,734 | |
| 1940s | 5,274 | |
| 1950s | 6,034 | |
| 1960s | 5,498 | |
| 1970s | 2,658 | |
| 1980s | 1,862 | |
| 1990s | 1,136 | |
| 2000s | 538 | |
| 2010s | 328 | |
| 2020s | 114 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Darrel was the 302nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Darrel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kennithpeak 1956
- Gaylonpeak 1949
- Dwainpeak 1959
- Tommypeak 1947
- Duanepeak 1959
- Kennethpeak 1957
- Wallypeak 1959
- Jeraldpeak 1942
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.