How rare is the name Darell?

3,793 people in the United States have the first name Darell, about 1 in 79,629. It ranks #4,777 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DARELL

#4,777

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,793
About
1 in 79,629
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,793 people named Darell, 44.7% reported their origin as Black, 41.4% as White and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Darell peaked in 1988, when 103 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
103
In 2025*
87 ▼16%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,430 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Darell by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #2,071. The largest share of babies named Darell, 22.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#6,79235
1920s#4,448135
1930s#2,681255
1940s#2,073488
1950s#2,071662
1960s#2,205671
1970s#2,832537
1980s#2,707713
1990s#3,665626
2000s#5,934431
2010s#6,117444
2020s#4,396433
Greatest Generation 1901–272.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.4%
Baby boom 1946–6422.4%
Generation X 1965–8017.1%
Millennials 1981–9621.2%
Generation Z 1997–1212.8%
2013 and later13.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Darell is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Darell has been most common in Louisiana (2.2×), California (2.2×), and Florida (2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.68×).

1,567 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Darell

#4,775 Servando · 3,796#4,776 Jakub · 3,795#4,778 Tresa · 3,792#4,779 Dao · 3,790

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Darell, most common first.

#541 Darrell · 103,236#9,035 Darel · 1,569#9,254 Daryll · 1,516#28,199 Darelle · 320#52,133 Daryell · 109

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