Durell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- duh-REL
Durell is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Durell come from?
English surname, also used as a variant of Darrell
Is Durell a girl's or a boy's name?
Durell is a boys' name.
How popular is Durell in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 208 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Durell in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Durell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,913 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,511 |
| 1988 | 59 | #1,337 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,437 |
| 1986 | 123 | #816 |
| 1985 | 208 | #606 |
| 1984 | 46 | #1,398 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,736 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,549 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
Names like Durell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daniel, Andrew, Manuel, Jesse, Mitchell, Maxwell, Joseph, David, Adam, Michael, Matthew, Russell
Names related to Durell
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, “Durell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/durell, updated 20 October 2026.