Darrel — #5235 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Darrel

The Social Security Administration has registered 29,749 babies named Darrel between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darrel currently holds the #5235 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 659 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darrel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 6,034 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Darrel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,291 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Darrel in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darrel 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 29,749 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.