Boys' name · since 1999
Darinel
Darinel has 84 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,534 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,257 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 84
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Darinel is the #11257 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 84 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Darinel recorded 84 times among boys since 1999, holding rank #11257 nationally today, ahead of 19% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #18,534 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,257 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 84 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darinel ranks #18,534 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,257 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 84 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,534 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,257 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 84
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Darinel's 84 recorded births place it above 59.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Darinel compares
84 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Darinel's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Darinel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 84 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Darinel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Darinel's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Darinel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Darinel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (45 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Darinel's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Darinel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 45 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Darinel's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (45 total births) through the 2020s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darinel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Darinel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.