Darrelle — boys' name
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.
22% of everyone ever named Darrelle was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Darrelle in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darrelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Darrelle between 1957 and 2020, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darrelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Darrelle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 64 additional births since 1967.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darrelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Darrelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darrelle 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 249 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.
Darrelle at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
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Active since
Darrelle popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1957
- Peak year (1989)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
249 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 18 births in a single year.
Darrelle popularity over time — girls
64 total births recorded since 1967 (Darrelle as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Darrelle accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Darrelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 56 births that decade — 22% of Darrelle's all-time total
Darrelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Darrelle's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% 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, 1957–2020 (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.