Darrel
Boy · DA-rel · French
Darrel is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Darrel 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.
- Say it
- DA-rel
Is Darrel a girl's or a boy's name?
Darrel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darrel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Darrel in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Darrel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 20 | #797 |
How popular is Darrel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Darrel, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 659 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.
2025 had fewer boys named Darrel than any year since 1911.
Half of all the boys named Darrel in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 217 boys in the US were given Darrel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #941, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Darrel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,220 |
| 2005 | 63 | #1,979 |
| 2004 | 42 | #2,565 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,051 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 70 | #1,655 |
| 2000 | 71 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 75 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,472 |
| 1997 | 97 | #1,209 |
| 1996 | 86 | #1,276 |
| 1995 | 84 | #1,270 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,174 |
| 1993 | 144 | #887 |
| 1992 | 130 | #933 |
| 1991 | 178 | #763 |
| 1990 | 173 | #769 |
| 1989 | 191 | #710 |
| 1988 | 185 | #690 |
| 1987 | 213 | #624 |
| 1986 | 179 | #670 |
| 1985 | 173 | #674 |
| 1984 | 175 | #652 |
| 1983 | 181 | #636 |
| 1982 | 174 | #660 |
| 1981 | 188 | #623 |
| 1980 | 203 | #616 |
| 1979 | 223 | #572 |
| 1978 | 205 | #587 |
| 1977 | 204 | #590 |
| 1976 | 209 | #556 |
| 1975 | 217 | #547 |
| 1974 | 252 | #500 |
| 1973 | 261 | #485 |
| 1972 | 343 | #427 |
| 1971 | 352 | #434 |
| 1970 | 392 | #413 |
| 1969 | 401 | #396 |
| 1968 | 486 | #352 |
| 1967 | 483 | #342 |
| 1966 | 507 | #335 |
| 1965 | 499 | #339 |
| 1964 | 596 | #319 |
| 1963 | 585 | #326 |
| 1962 | 637 | #308 |
| 1961 | 646 | #305 |
| 1960 | 659 | #302 |
| 1959 | 645 | #305 |
| 1958 | 627 | #302 |
| 1957 | 641 | #297 |
| 1956 | 629 | #294 |
| 1955 | 608 | #292 |
| 1954 | 609 | #286 |
| 1953 | 562 | #297 |
| 1952 | 581 | #291 |
| 1951 | 603 | #275 |
| 1950 | 530 | #295 |
| 1949 | 597 | #271 |
| 1948 | 564 | #283 |
| 1947 | 651 | #263 |
| 1946 | 568 | #264 |
| 1945 | 431 | #288 |
| 1944 | 469 | #274 |
| 1943 | 503 | #270 |
| 1942 | 526 | #251 |
| 1941 | 492 | #251 |
| 1940 | 474 | #252 |
| 1939 | 475 | #242 |
| 1938 | 467 | #252 |
| 1937 | 375 | #280 |
| 1936 | 408 | #267 |
| 1935 | 414 | #266 |
| 1934 | 358 | #286 |
| 1933 | 330 | #292 |
| 1932 | 338 | #302 |
| 1931 | 304 | #310 |
| 1930 | 265 | #346 |
| 1929 | 249 | #358 |
| 1928 | 244 | #372 |
| 1927 | 219 | #407 |
| 1926 | 215 | #407 |
| 1925 | 182 | #445 |
| 1924 | 206 | #424 |
| 1923 | 145 | #509 |
| 1922 | 151 | #502 |
| 1921 | 144 | #515 |
| 1920 | 143 | #507 |
| 1919 | 108 | #576 |
| 1918 | 105 | #596 |
| 1917 | 85 | #645 |
| 1916 | 92 | #606 |
| 1915 | 86 | #621 |
| 1914 | 42 | #819 |
| 1913 | 32 | #855 |
| 1912 | 42 | #649 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 13 | #735 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
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