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.

Darnel

#4,666 most common boys' name of all time · #11,491 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1937–2021

Rank among boys
#4,666
Rank overall
#11,491 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
1,052
Since 2016
25
Peak year
1986 #1,740
Best rank
#1,740 1986
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
19401960198020002020

Darnel first appears in 1937. 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
2021 — 8 8 #8,958
2018 — 6 6 #10,950
2017 — 11 11 #7,178
2015 — 5 5 #12,335
2013 — 6 6 #10,906
2012 — 9 9 #8,284
2010 — 11 11 #7,163
2009 — 13 13 #6,494
2008 — 14 14 #6,132
2007 — 12 12 #6,709
2006 — 14 14 #5,849
2005 — 15 15 #5,326
2004 — 12 12 #6,215
2003 — 8 8 #8,008
2002 — 16 16 #4,745
2001 — 13 13 #5,446
2000 — 24 24 #3,453
1999 — 20 20 #3,729
1998 — 13 13 #4,943
1997 — 17 17 #3,929
1996 — 20 20 #3,449
1995 — 23 23 #3,040
1994 — 31 31 #2,470
1993 — 22 22 #3,081
1992 — 21 21 #3,148
1991 — 18 18 #3,382
1990 — 33 33 #2,195
1989 — 29 29 #2,326
1988 — 23 23 #2,559
1987 — 18 18 #2,885
1986 — 36 36 #1,740
1985 — 16 16 #3,003
1984 — 23 23 #2,262
1983 — 16 16 #2,843
1982 — 17 17 #2,764
1981 — 14 14 #3,120
1980 — 26 26 #2,083
1979 — 22 22 #2,268
1978 — 18 18 #2,521
1977 — 10 10 #3,706
1976 — 26 26 #1,913
1975 — 14 14 #2,831
1974 — 17 17 #2,423
1973 — 13 13 #2,798
1972 — 18 18 #2,207
1971 — 17 17 #2,327
1970 5 20 25 #2,035
1969 — 14 14 #2,367
1968 6 12 18 #2,536
1967 — 12 12 #2,442
1966 7 13 20 #2,309
1965 5 10 15 #2,731
1964 — 15 15 #2,191
1963 10 17 27 #2,034
1962 7 17 24 #2,019
1961 — 12 12 #2,520
1960 — 11 11 #2,654
1959 — 7 7 #3,532
1958 — 9 9 #2,992
1957 6 5 11 #4,385
1954 — 6 6 #3,746
1953 — 7 7 #3,376
1952 — 5 5 #4,155
1951 — 7 7 #3,329
1947 — 7 7 #3,349
1941 — 5 5 #3,974
1937 — 7 7 #3,173