Durell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Durell

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,742 babies named Durell between 1913 and 2022, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Durell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 208 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Durell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 609 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Durell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 66 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Durell in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Durell 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 1,742 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.