Darrell Boy
How popular is Darrell?
#1,688 boy name in 2025
97 baby boys were named Darrell in the US in 2025, making it the 1688th most popular boy name.
Darrell popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,688 for boys (▼ 229 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 97 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-57% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #934 in 2015, #1,255 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1958 (4,771 boys) |
| Highest rank | #86 in 1967 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1886 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Darrell counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Darrell family of names ranked #613 for boys in 2025 (#638 the year before), with 435 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Darrell | 97 | 22% |
| Darryl | 69 | 16% |
| Daryl | 113 | 26% |
| Darell | 87 | 20% |
| Darrel | 17 | 4% |
| Darel | 52 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Darrell is most popular
Babies named Darrell per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 boys)
Darrell by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 |
| 1890s | 64 | #572 |
| 1900s | 125 | #486 |
| 1910s | 1,642 | #332 |
| 1920s | 5,128 | #194 |
| 1930s | 11,126 | #128 |
| 1940s | 18,225 | #117 |
| 1950s | 37,257 | #88 |
| 1960s | 38,025 | #86 |
| 1970s | 20,072 | #102 |
| 1980s | 13,162 | #168 |
| 1990s | 7,556 | #246 |
| 2000s | 4,108 | #470 |
| 2010s | 2,536 | #690 |
| 2020s | 735 | #1,255 |
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Questions
- Is Darrell a boy or girl name?
- Darrell is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Darrell were boys.
- How popular is the name Darrell?
- 97 baby boys were named Darrell in the US in 2025, making it the 1688th most popular boy name.
- When was Darrell most popular?
- Darrell peaked in 1958, when 4,771 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #86, held for 2 years starting in 1967.
- How many people are named Darrell?
- 160,952 babies have been named Darrell in the US since 1880. We estimate about 114,518 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Darrell most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Darrell was most common in Louisiana, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.