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.

Darnell*

#662 most common boys' name of all time · #1,472 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1912–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#662
Rank overall
#1,472 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
31,018
Since 2016
1,063
Peak year
1984 #281
Best rank
#281 1984
Girls Boys peak 770/yr
192019401960198020002020

Darnell first appears in 1912. 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 56 56 #2,426
2024 63 63 #2,265
2023 85 85 #1,870
2022 95 95 #1,752
2021 102 102 #1,638
2020 99 99 #1,625
2019 128 128 #1,388
2018 129 129 #1,367
2017 5 150 155 #1,222
2016 151 151 #1,236
2015 150 150 #1,225
2014 197 197 #1,030
2013 191 191 #1,021
2012 203 203 #984
2011 5 238 243 #879
2010 235 235 #886
2009 284 284 #791
2008 313 313 #732
2007 325 325 #712
2006 305 305 #712
2005 289 289 #707
2004 271 271 #709
2003 291 291 #672
2002 262 262 #695
2001 264 264 #684
2000 274 274 #657
1999 5 313 318 #600
1998 354 354 #557
1997 7 354 361 #552
1996 412 412 #506
1995 395 395 #515
1994 13 469 482 #467
1993 5 443 448 #475
1992 11 532 543 #419
1991 8 564 572 #404
1990 10 678 688 #354
1989 13 656 669 #350
1988 16 652 668 #330
1987 21 688 709 #310
1986 18 692 710 #297
1985 17 674 691 #305
1984 29 741 770 #281
1983 23 644 667 #306
1982 23 539 562 #344
1981 25 492 517 #358
1980 21 516 537 #351
1979 23 495 518 #356
1978 25 566 591 #314
1977 33 518 551 #346
1976 26 473 499 #352
1975 34 456 490 #362
1974 29 428 457 #368
1973 32 468 500 #357
1972 34 468 502 #359
1971 52 473 525 #371
1970 56 483 539 #371
1969 65 439 504 #375
1968 52 385 437 #398
1967 53 390 443 #383
1966 63 353 416 #400
1965 67 339 406 #422
1964 60 385 445 #410
1963 65 361 426 #422
1962 54 354 408 #425
1961 67 355 422 #422
1960 54 328 382 #446
1959 51 358 409 #420
1958 65 392 457 #394
1957 56 346 402 #419
1956 55 307 362 #433
1955 49 337 386 #396
1954 55 291 346 #423
1953 49 273 322 #429
1952 67 274 341 #418
1951 71 215 286 #466
1950 70 176 246 #505
1949 55 118 173 #632
1948 68 109 177 #654
1947 61 65 126 #867
1946 35 74 109 #776
1945 44 56 100 #841
1944 36 52 88 #886
1943 26 42 68 #1,048
1942 27 36 63 #1,161
1941 44 46 90 #948
1940 21 35 56 #1,129
1939 15 42 57 #990
1938 10 35 45 #1,107
1937 6 35 41 #1,115
1936 8 24 32 #1,376
1935 11 33 44 #1,160
1934 11 29 40 #1,265
1933 9 30 39 #1,229
1932 8 16 24 #1,905
1931 28 28 #1,330
1930 22 22 #1,597
1929 8 19 27 #1,782
1928 8 20 28 #1,749
1927 6 18 24 #1,935
1926 8 23 31 #1,600
1925 11 19 30 #1,857
1924 10 30 40 #1,376
1923 15 15 #2,192
1922 6 25 31 #1,541
1921 5 15 20 #2,227
1920 8 13 21 #2,413
1919 5 11 16 #2,600
1918 5 10 15 #2,797
1917 5 9 14 #2,839
1916 6 6 #3,642
1915 13 13 #2,157
1913 5 5 #3,013
1912 9 9 #1,867