Boys' name · since 2015
Darkiel
Darkiel has 103 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,199 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,432 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Darkiel is the #10432 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 103 recorded since 2015.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darkiel has been recorded 103 times among boys since 2015, currently ranked #10432 nationally and more common than 25% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #17,199 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,432 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 103 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darkiel ranks #17,199 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,432 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 103 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,199 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,432 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Darkiel's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Darkiel compares
103 26th 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
Darkiel's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Darkiel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 103 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Darkiel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Darkiel's SSA record in two at 2020 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 2018, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Darkiel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Darkiel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (56 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Darkiel's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Darkiel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 56 births (54% of all-time use).
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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, 2015–2025 (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 Darkiel 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.