Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Darel

#2,989 most common boys' name of all time · #7,234 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#2,989
Rank overall
#7,234 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
2,173
Since 2016
160
Peak year
2025 #2,548
Best rank
#1,049 1940
Girls Boys peak 52/yr
192019401960198020002020

Darel first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 52 52 #2,548
2024 14 14 #6,234
2023 9 9 #8,341
2022 7 7 #9,922
2021 21 21 #4,645
2020 13 13 #6,321
2019 10 10 #7,704
2018 10 10 #7,679
2017 14 14 #6,092
2016 10 10 #7,675
2015 9 9 #8,122
2014 5 5 #12,260
2013 8 8 #8,894
2012 14 14 #6,026
2011 12 12 #6,624
2010 12 12 #6,742
2009 5 5 #12,655
2008 8 8 #9,098
2007 6 6 #11,036
2006 12 12 #6,516
2005 12 12 #6,279
2004 9 9 #7,612
2003 7 7 #8,742
2002 9 9 #7,129
2001 9 9 #7,010
2000 9 9 #6,918
1999 11 11 #5,710
1998 12 12 #5,212
1997 11 11 #5,348
1996 8 8 #6,588
1995 9 9 #5,993
1994 16 16 #3,943
1993 20 20 #3,269
1992 21 21 #3,133
1991 18 18 #3,364
1990 23 23 #2,800
1989 16 16 #3,499
1988 5 12 17 #3,957
1987 20 20 #2,669
1986 13 13 #3,487
1985 9 9 #4,432
1984 12 12 #3,531
1983 17 17 #2,713
1982 15 15 #3,008
1981 5 5 #6,480
1980 18 18 #2,656
1979 23 23 #2,194
1978 15 15 #2,853
1977 16 16 #2,715
1976 16 16 #2,642
1975 7 7 #4,445
1974 19 19 #2,246
1973 18 18 #2,258
1972 25 25 #1,795
1971 27 27 #1,730
1970 29 29 #1,602
1969 31 31 #1,456
1968 33 33 #1,357
1967 39 39 #1,206
1966 38 38 #1,234
1965 37 37 #1,265
1964 38 38 #1,280
1963 43 43 #1,188
1962 38 38 #1,274
1961 36 36 #1,342
1960 34 34 #1,378
1959 40 40 #1,241
1958 37 37 #1,276
1957 43 43 #1,198
1956 44 44 #1,154
1955 31 31 #1,393
1954 42 42 #1,167
1953 25 25 #1,544
1952 32 32 #1,344
1951 29 29 #1,402
1950 29 29 #1,357
1949 37 37 #1,183
1948 40 40 #1,143
1947 25 25 #1,512
1946 28 28 #1,351
1945 24 24 #1,375
1944 23 23 #1,436
1943 20 20 #1,632
1942 22 22 #1,534
1941 28 28 #1,275
1940 39 39 #1,049
1939 26 26 #1,321
1938 31 31 #1,197
1937 14 14 #1,978
1936 27 27 #1,292
1935 12 12 #2,229
1934 19 19 #1,651
1933 10 10 #2,509
1932 14 14 #2,088
1931 22 22 #1,535
1930 17 17 #1,883
1929 15 15 #2,084
1928 19 19 #1,818
1927 9 9 #3,101
1926 19 19 #1,842
1925 12 12 #2,565
1924 16 16 #2,124
1923 7 7 #3,698
1922 15 15 #2,233
1921 16 16 #2,148
1920 9 9 #3,156
1919 17 17 #1,971
1918 10 10 #2,860
1917 7 7 #3,431
1916 5 5 #4,236
1915 8 8 #3,039