Darriell — unisex name
54 babies named Darriell in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
72% of everyone ever named Darriell was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Darriell in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darriell
The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Darriell between 1988 and 2004, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darriell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Darriell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 1969.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darriell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Darriell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darriell 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 54 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.
Darriell at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darriell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1988
- Peak year (1997)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
54 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 7 births in a single year.
Darriell popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 1969 (Darriell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Darriell accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Darriell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 39 births that decade — 72% of Darriell's all-time total
Darriell decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Darriell's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% 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, 1988–2004 (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.