Darel — #6205 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Darel

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,116 babies named Darel between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darel currently holds the #6205 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darel performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 367 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Darel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Darel in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,116 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.