Boys' name · since 1982
Darneil
Darneil has 18 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,631 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Darneil is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 18 have been recorded since 1982.
Darneil has 18 recorded births among boys since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1989.
- #29,631 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darneil ranks #29,631 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,631 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Darneil's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darneil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Darneil's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Darneil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1989
- Peak year (1982)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Darneil by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Darneil's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Darneil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darneil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1982–1989 (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 Darneil 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.