Darnella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Darnella

The Social Security Administration has registered 731 babies named Darnella between 1920 and 1996, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darnella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darnella performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Darnella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Darnella in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darnella 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 731 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.