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Darell

#1,828 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Darrell

Darell has been given to 5,430 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #1,828 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1988, with 98 recorded.

Babies named Darell, 2025

1 in 38,100

Darell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Darell: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Darrell

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Darell means

Darell is a variant of Darrell.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Darrell.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,420 boys were recorded with the name Darell between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 98 in 1988; its best national rank was #812 in 1948.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,898 in 2020 to #1,828 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,709 in 2015 to #1,828 in 2025.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Darell between 1986 and 1988. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1986; its best national rank was #11,346 in 1986.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Darell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 38,100
87 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 19,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,828
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
26,414 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Darell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 26,414 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Darell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Darells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Darell was born before 1978 — so the typical Darell is around 47 today.

Median birth year
1978
About 47 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
13.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
23.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,507
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 13.0% of all recorded uses (703).

Is Darell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+132
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+70
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,881
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
88.8%
Peak was 1988 (98)
Years since peak
37
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#812
1948

Spellings of Darell

Darell is not the most common spelling — Darrell is, with 30.6% against Darell's 1.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Darell is used

Across 2016–2025, Darell was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 25,485 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 11,111
  2. 2New York1 in 12,500
  3. 3Florida1 in 16,667
  4. 4Texas1 in 25,000
  5. 5California1 in 33,333
  6. 6Colorado1 in 50,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 50,000
  8. 8Massachusetts1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Darell around the world

Where Darell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • France
    1999–2025
    #3,814
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2019–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1948–1983
    #443
    in 1983

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Darell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,828
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 70
Best rank ever
#812
1948
Peak year
1988
98 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,420
Count in 2025
87

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,346
1986
Peak year
1986
5 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
1988
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Darell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DarnellDarronDarionDarvinDarrellDarielDarienDariellDarrionDarrisDaronDarriusDarianDarrynDarrickDarrianDarvellDarrienDarbyDonellJewellDarcyDarenDarold

Names with a curve like Darell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Darell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ReymundoRosendoReyesEugenioErasmoAlfonzoEloyArnulfoAbelardoWillyKentonJacinto

Sibling names for Darell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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