Durrell
- Gender
- Boy
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- duh-REL
Durrell is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Durrell mean?
English surname, also used as a variant of Darrell
Brothers Lawrence and Gerald Durrell, the novelist and the naturalist, made the surname famous.
Is Durrell a girl's or a boy's name?
Durrell is a boys' name.
How popular is Durrell 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 149 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Durrell in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Durrell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,302 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,928 |
| 1992 | 38 | #2,041 |
| 1991 | 45 | #1,762 |
| 1990 | 57 | #1,495 |
| 1989 | 69 | #1,313 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,116 |
| 1987 | 87 | #1,015 |
| 1986 | 124 | #811 |
| 1985 | 149 | #723 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
Names like Durrell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Durrell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/durrell, updated 20 October 2026.