Darnel

Boy · recorded 1937–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1986best year

Most popular in 1986.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1937

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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 67 recorded years as a table
Darnel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19377
19414
19474
19514
19523
19534
19543
19572
19584
19593
19605
19616
19628
19638
19648
19655
19667
19677
19687
19698
197011
197110
197211
19738
197411
19759
197617
19776
197811
197913
198015
19818
19829
19839
198413
19859
198620
198710
198812
198914
199016
19919
199211
199311
199416
199512
199611
19979
19987
199910
200012
20017
20028
20034
20046
20058
20067
20076
20087
20097
20106
20125
20133
20153
20176
20183
20215

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Darnel 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
8
Rank in 2021
#8,825
How rare
1 in 218,685 boys
Since 1937
1,006

Darnel was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1986, at 20 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Darnel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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