Darnella

Girl · recorded 1920–1996

  • 1996last recorded
  • 1967best year

Most popular in 1967.

Last recorded in 1996. 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 1920

081519201939195819771996

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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 62 recorded years as a table
Darnella, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19205
192114
19234
19266
19278
19286
19326
19366
19385
19405
19414
19426
19446
19455
19463
19477
19486
194910
195011
19518
19529
19539
195410
19556
19569
19575
19588
19597
19607
196113
19629
19639
19648
196510
196610
196715
19689
196912
19707
197110
197210
19736
19748
19758
19765
19777
19785
19796
19807
19814
19826
19835
19845
19855
19864
19878
19897
19905
19914
19925
19935
19965

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Darnella 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 1996
8
Rank in 1996
#9,581
How rare
1 in 219,125 girls
Since 1920
731

Darnella was last recorded in 1996. 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 1967, at 15 per million girls born.

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

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