Darell Boy
How popular is Darell?
#1,826 boy name in 2025
87 baby boys were named Darell in the US in 2025, making it the 1826th most popular boy name.
Darell popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,826 for boys (▲ 131 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 87 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+200% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,683 in 2015, #1,895 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1988 (98 boys) |
| Highest rank | #812 in 1948 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| 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 |
Darell 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 Darell is most popular
Babies named Darell per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Darell by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | #2,650 |
| 1920s | 135 | #1,480 |
| 1930s | 255 | #1,118 |
| 1940s | 488 | #812 |
| 1950s | 662 | #834 |
| 1960s | 671 | #860 |
| 1970s | 537 | #998 |
| 1980s | 703 | #936 |
| 1990s | 626 | #1,068 |
| 2000s | 431 | #2,160 |
| 2010s | 444 | #1,871 |
| 2020s | 433 | #1,826 |
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Questions
- Is Darell a boy or girl name?
- Darell is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Darell were boys.
- How popular is the name Darell?
- 87 baby boys were named Darell in the US in 2025, making it the 1826th most popular boy name.
- When was Darell most popular?
- Darell peaked in 1988, when 98 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #812 in 1948.
- How many people are named Darell?
- 5,430 babies have been named Darell in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,363 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Darell most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Darell was most common in New Jersey, at 0.1 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.