Darkiel — #8187 US boys' name
96 babies named Darkiel in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Darkiel was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Darkiel in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darkiel
The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Darkiel between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darkiel currently holds the #8187 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darkiel performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Darkiel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darkiel 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 96 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.
Darkiel at a glance
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Current rank
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Darkiel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2016)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #8187 among boys.
96 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 14 births in a single year.
Darkiel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 49 births that decade — 51% of Darkiel's all-time total
Darkiel decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Darkiel's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 2015–2024 (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.