Daryel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAIR-el
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Daryel is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Daryel come from?
French: variant of Daryl, from the Norman surname d'Airelle
Is Daryel a girl's or a boy's name?
Daryel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daryel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Daryel, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1955, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1926.
Half of all the boys named Daryel in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 240 boys in the US were given Daryel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #892, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
Daryel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
Names like Daryel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daniel, Russell, Henry, David, Rory, Michael, Bennett, Royal, Emmett, William, Derek, Leo
Other spellings of Daryel
Names related to Daryel
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
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, “Daryel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daryel, updated 20 October 2026.