Darriel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Darriel

The Social Security Administration has registered 600 babies named Darriel between 1931 and 2021, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darriel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Darriel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 154 additional births since 1967.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darriel performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Darriel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Darriel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darriel 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 600 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.