Darell — #1955 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Darell

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,333 babies named Darell between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darell currently holds the #1955 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 98 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 703 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Darell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 340 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Darell in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darell 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 5,333 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.