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Dariel

#327 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Darrell

Dariel has been given to 9,455 babies in the U.S. since 1927. In 2025 it ranked #327 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 1,043 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Dariel, 2025

1 in 3,180

Dariel over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Dariel over time

In 2025, Dariel went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19222025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Dariel: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Darrell

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dariel means

Dariel is a form of Darrell.

Origin, language, and formation

Dariel is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Darrell.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,962 boys were recorded with the name Dariel between 1927 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,043 in 2025; its best national rank was #327 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #610 in 2020 to #327 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #865 in 2015 to #327 in 2025.

In the United States, 493 girls were recorded with the name Dariel between 1922 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 1995; its best national rank was #3,561 in 1943.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,685 in 2020 to #15,465 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #12,112 in 2015 to #15,465 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dariel?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 3,180
1,043 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 1,640
0.06% of boys
Rank, 2025
#327
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,204 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dariel 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 1003%
School of 50015%

Put another way: gather 2,204 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dariel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dariels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dariel was born before 2020 — so the typical Dariel is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
51.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,865
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 51.2% of all recorded uses (4,588).

Is Dariel 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
+20
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+283
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+538
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
4.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (1,043)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#327
2025

Spellings of Dariel

Dariel is not the most common spelling — Daniel is, with 59.9% against Dariel's 0.27%.

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 Dariel is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Dariel was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 735 boys, against 1 in 2,610 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 50,000).

2136 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 735
  2. 2Arizona1 in 990
  3. 3Texas1 in 1,333
  4. 4New Jersey1 in 1,538
  5. 5Colorado1 in 1,587
  6. 6California1 in 1,852
  7. 7Massachusetts1 in 1,923
  8. 8Maryland1 in 2,222

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.

Geographically, Dariel is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 91% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Dariel is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Dariel was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 181,490 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Dariel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dariel around the world

Where Dariel 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
    2018–2025
    #2,014
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2024–2024
    #727
    in 2024
  • France
    2020–2025
    #3,834
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2016–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Dariel

People whose public names include Dariel, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Dariel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#327
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 283
Best rank ever
#327
2025
Peak year
2025
1,043 that year
First recorded
1927
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,962
Count in 2025
1,043

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,465
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 220
Best rank ever
#3,561
1943
Peak year
1995
25 that year
First recorded
1922
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
493
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Dariel

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

DarienDarionDarronDarellDarianDarrickDarvinDarriusDaronDarenDarrielDarioDarwinDarrinDarrelJazielAbdielDarrionDarkielDarrisDarrynDarrianJadielDarrien

Names with a curve like Dariel

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

BaylorBriggsBodieKohenAresZyaireSuttonShilohColsonApolloKodaLucca

Sibling names for Dariel

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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