Darnell

Boy · recorded 1912–2025

  • #2,421in 2025
  • 1 in 30,501boys in 2025
  • −58%last ten years

Most popular in 1984.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

020641119121940196919972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 113 recorded years as a table
Darnell, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191221
191310
191515
19167
191710
191810
191911
192012
192114
192223
192314
192426
192517
192621
192716
192818
192918
193020
193127
193215
193330
193428
193532
193623
193733
193832
193938
194030
194137
194226
194329
194438
194542
194646
194736
194862
194967
195098
1951114
1952141
1953138
1954143
1955164
1956145
1957160
1958185
1959168
1960154
1961167
1962171
1963178
1964193
1965182
1966198
1967224
1968222
1969246
1970260
1971267
1972289
1973300
1974272
1975292
1976301
1977315
1978345
1979288
1980289
1981275
1982297
1983359
1984411
1985365
1986376
1987369
1988341
1989328
1990330
1991279
1992266
1993226
1994243
1995207
1996217
1997188
1998185
1999163
2000140
2001136
2002135
2003147
2004137
2005145
2006148
2007157
2008153
2009143
2010122
2011125
2012107
2013101
2014103
201578
201680
201781
201871
201971
202057
202158
202254
202350
202437
202533

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Darnell isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
56
Rank in 2025
#2,421
How rare
1 in 30,501 boys
Since 1912
28,631

Most popular in 1984, at 411 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 58% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.