Darelle — boys' name
284 babies named Darelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Darelle was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Darelle in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 284 babies named Darelle between 1974 and 2019, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Darelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darelle 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 284 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.
Darelle at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
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Active since
Darelle popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1974
- Peak year (1989)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
284 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 18 births in a single year.
Darelle popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 1989 (Darelle as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Darelle accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Darelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 103 births that decade — 36% of Darelle's all-time total
Darelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Darelle's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.