first name
DARRELL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 103,236 people named Darrell, 65.4% reported their origin as White, 27.1% as Black and 3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Darrell peaked in 1958, when 4,797 babies got the name.
At least 160,952 babies have been given the name since 1886. 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.
Darrell by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #205. The largest share of babies named Darrell, 41.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Darrell is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Darrell has been most common in South Dakota (2.4×), West Virginia (2.4×), and Kentucky (2.2×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.06×).
156,420 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 Darrell
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Darrell, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Darrell ranks #20,218 of 156,621, with 1,331 people. See Darrell as a last name
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