Unisex name · since 1957
Darrelle
249 babies named Darrelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,684 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 249
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Darrelle is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 249 have been recorded since 1957.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darrelle has been recorded 249 times among boys since 1957, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2020.
- #11,684 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 249 born since 1957
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darrelle ranks #11,684 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 249 born since 1957, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,684 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 249
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Darrelle's 249 recorded births place it above 74.26% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darrelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Darrelle's full recorded timeline at 1989, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Darrelle popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2020
- Peak year (1989)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Darrelle popularity over time - girls
64 total births recorded since 1967 (Darrelle as girls' name)
Darrelle by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (56 births, 22% of the file).
1980s was Darrelle's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Darrelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
38 births
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
56 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 56 births (22% of all-time use).
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- Darrelle's decade-level peak was the 1980s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darrelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1957–2020 (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 Darrelle 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.