Darnelle**
#6,442 most common boys' name of all time · #16,132 across all names · 60% male / 40% female · used 1943–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,442
Rank overall
#16,132 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
616
Since 2016
17
Peak year
1984 #2,482
Best rank
#2,482 1984
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Darnelle first appears in 1943. 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 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,233 |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,576 |
| 2016 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,830 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,263 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,967 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,877 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,627 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,802 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,187 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,470 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,386 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,918 |
| 1997 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #8,372 |
| 1996 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,685 |
| 1995 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,913 |
| 1994 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #4,361 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,897 |
| 1992 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,653 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,876 |
| 1990 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,226 |
| 1989 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,526 |
| 1988 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #3,597 |
| 1987 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #3,815 |
| 1986 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #2,638 |
| 1985 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #4,868 |
| 1984 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #2,482 |
| 1983 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,847 |
| 1982 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #4,388 |
| 1981 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #3,308 |
| 1980 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #3,174 |
| 1979 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #5,039 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,982 |
| 1977 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #3,976 |
| 1974 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #4,895 |
| 1973 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1970 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1969 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #4,224 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1967 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1966 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1965 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,439 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1960 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1956 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1954 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1950 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1949 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1947 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1946 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | — |