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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |