Durrell — #9024 US boys' name
1,905 babies named Durrell in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Durrell was born in this single decade.
149 babies were named Durrell in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Durrell
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,905 babies named Durrell between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Durrell currently holds the #9024 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 149 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Durrell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 650 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Durrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Durrell in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Durrell 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 1,905 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.
Durrell at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Durrell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1985)
- 149
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #9024 among boys.
1,905 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 149 births in a single year.
Durrell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 650 births that decade — 34% of Durrell's all-time total
Durrell decade highlights
- Peak decade 650 births
- Runner-up 303 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Durrell's strongest decade
650 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Durrell by state
Where Durrell concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 74 | 3.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 64 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 42 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 38 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 32 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 31 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 27 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Florida | | 25 | 1.3% |
74 of 1,905 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
- New York 3.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.2% of nationwide
- Virginia 2.0% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Durrell appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1914–2024 (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.