Darvell — boys' name
281 babies named Darvell in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Darvell was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Darvell in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darvell
The Social Security Administration has registered 281 babies named Darvell between 1967 and 2018, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darvell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darvell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Darvell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Darvell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darvell 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 281 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.
Darvell at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darvell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1967
- Peak year (1987)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
281 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 16 births in a single year.
Darvell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 91 births that decade — 32% of Darvell's all-time total
Darvell decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Darvell's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Darvell by state
Where Darvell concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 25 | 8.9% |
25 of 281 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 8.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 8.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1967–2018 (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.