Darell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DA-rel
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #1,826 for boys
Darell is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,826th for boys in the US (87 babies).
What does Darell mean?
French: spelling of Darrell, an English surname probably from a Norman place name
A spelling of Darrell, an English surname probably from d'Airelle, a place in Normandy.
Is Darell a girl's or a boy's name?
Darell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 87 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,826among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 87about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 87 boys in the US were named Darell, making it the 1,826th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,895th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 98 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had more boys named Darell than any year since 1990.
Half of all the boys named Darell in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 217 boys in the US were given Darell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #941, up from #1,826 for this spelling alone.
Darell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | #1,826 |
| 2024 | 80 | #1,957 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,220 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,299 |
| 2020 | 78 | #1,895 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,109 |
| 2018 | 80 | #1,871 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 45 | #2,662 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 53 | #2,404 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,160 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 54 | #1,830 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,988 |
| 1996 | 59 | #1,635 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 68 | #1,417 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,374 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,258 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,346 |
| 1990 | 98 | #1,068 |
| 1989 | 69 | #1,313 |
| 1988 | 98 | #980 |
| 1987 | 77 | #1,095 |
| 1986 | 95 | #936 |
| 1985 | 88 | #969 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,122 |
| 1983 | 50 | #1,313 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,253 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,246 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,291 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,241 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,240 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,245 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,100 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,238 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,198 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,223 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,069 |
| 1971 | 66 | #998 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,093 |
| 1969 | 74 | #885 |
| 1968 | 70 | #866 |
| 1967 | 66 | #885 |
| 1966 | 71 | #860 |
| 1965 | 61 | #942 |
| 1964 | 65 | #945 |
| 1963 | 75 | #869 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,012 |
| 1961 | 73 | #895 |
| 1960 | 59 | #995 |
| 1959 | 81 | #837 |
| 1958 | 81 | #834 |
| 1957 | 78 | #848 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,007 |
| 1955 | 60 | #970 |
| 1954 | 65 | #917 |
| 1953 | 64 | #894 |
| 1952 | 56 | #952 |
| 1951 | 66 | #856 |
| 1950 | 56 | #917 |
| 1949 | 51 | #966 |
| 1948 | 70 | #812 |
| 1947 | 67 | #841 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,123 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,038 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,004 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,018 |
| 1942 | 61 | #834 |
| 1941 | 42 | #987 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,090 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,221 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,118 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
Names like Darell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daniel Michael Darrell Joel Derek Danny Terrell Damon David Raul Rocky Noel
Other spellings of Darell
Names related to Darell
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Darell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darell, updated 20 October 2026.