Darnell

Girl · recorded 1917–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1950best year

Most popular in 1950.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five girls 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 1917

0214119171942196719922017

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 79 recorded years as a table
Darnell, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19175
19184
19194
19207
19214
19225
19248
19259
19267
19275
19287
19297
19327
19339
193411
193510
19368
19376
19389
193914
194018
194136
194220
194319
194427
194534
194622
194734
194840
194932
195041
195139
195236
195326
195428
195525
195627
195727
195832
195925
196027
196133
196227
196334
196432
196538
196637
196732
196832
196939
197032
197131
197222
197322
197420
197523
197618
197722
197816
197914
198013
198115
198214
198314
198417
198510
198610
198712
19889
19897
19905
19914
19926
19933
19947
19974
19993
20113
20173

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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
5
Rank in 2017
#15,902
How rare
1 in 345,292 girls
Since 1917
2,387

Darnell was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1950, at 41 per million girls born.

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

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