Darkiel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dar-kee-EL
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Darkiel is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Darkiel come from?
Modern: invented blend, Dar- with the -kiel of Ezekiel
Is Darkiel a girl's or a boy's name?
Darkiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darkiel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Darkiel, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2015.
2025 had fewer boys named Darkiel than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Darkiel in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darkiel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
Names like Darkiel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian Kyaire Finnegan Kayden Declan Callahan Deacon Braylen Rayden Caspian Brecken Dariel
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Darkiel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darkiel, updated 20 October 2026.