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.

Darrel

#670 most common boys' name of all time · #1,502 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among boys
#670
Rank overall
#1,502 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
29,892
Since 2016
229
Peak year
1960 #302
Best rank
#243 1939
Girls Boys peak 664/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Darrel first appears in 1900. 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 — 17 17 #5,412
2024 — 18 18 #5,256
2023 — 18 18 #5,265
2022 — 20 20 #4,862
2021 — 37 37 #3,187
2020 — 21 21 #4,550
2019 — 28 28 #3,805
2018 — 29 29 #3,714
2017 — 19 19 #4,947
2016 — 22 22 #4,479
2015 — 30 30 #3,600
2014 — 48 48 #2,549
2013 — 40 40 #2,854
2012 — 35 35 #3,183
2011 — 43 43 #2,755
2010 — 34 34 #3,244
2009 — 42 42 #2,853
2008 — 47 47 #2,637
2007 — 42 42 #2,821
2006 — 57 57 #2,225
2005 — 63 63 #1,986
2004 — 42 42 #2,572
2003 — 55 55 #2,057
2002 — 49 49 #2,162
2001 — 70 70 #1,660
2000 — 71 71 #1,643
1999 — 75 75 #1,503
1998 — 75 75 #1,479
1997 — 97 97 #1,214
1996 — 86 86 #1,281
1995 — 84 84 #1,277
1994 — 94 94 #1,182
1993 — 144 144 #891
1992 — 130 130 #938
1991 — 178 178 #768
1990 — 173 173 #774
1989 — 191 191 #713
1988 — 185 185 #690
1987 — 213 213 #627
1986 — 179 179 #671
1985 — 173 173 #675
1984 — 175 175 #654
1983 — 181 181 #636
1982 — 174 174 #661
1981 — 188 188 #625
1980 — 203 203 #618
1979 — 223 223 #572
1978 — 205 205 #588
1977 — 204 204 #591
1976 — 209 209 #557
1975 — 217 217 #548
1974 5 252 257 #502
1973 5 261 266 #485
1972 — 343 343 #428
1971 — 352 352 #434
1970 5 392 397 #413
1969 — 401 401 #396
1968 — 486 486 #352
1967 7 483 490 #342
1966 6 507 513 #335
1965 — 499 499 #340
1964 — 596 596 #319
1963 — 585 585 #326
1962 5 637 642 #308
1961 7 646 653 #305
1960 5 659 664 #302
1959 — 645 645 #306
1958 8 627 635 #302
1957 6 641 647 #297
1956 — 629 629 #294
1955 — 608 608 #292
1954 8 609 617 #287
1953 — 562 562 #297
1952 6 581 587 #291
1951 5 603 608 #275
1950 6 530 536 #296
1949 — 597 597 #272
1948 — 564 564 #283
1947 6 651 657 #263
1946 — 568 568 #264
1945 — 431 431 #288
1944 5 469 474 #274
1943 — 503 503 #271
1942 — 526 526 #251
1941 — 492 492 #251
1940 5 474 479 #252
1939 7 475 482 #243
1938 5 467 472 #252
1937 — 375 375 #281
1936 — 408 408 #267
1935 — 414 414 #267
1934 — 358 358 #286
1933 — 330 330 #292
1932 5 338 343 #302
1931 — 304 304 #310
1930 — 265 265 #347
1929 6 249 255 #359
1928 — 244 244 #373
1927 — 219 219 #408
1926 — 215 215 #408
1925 — 182 182 #446
1924 — 206 206 #426
1923 — 145 145 #510
1922 — 151 151 #505
1921 — 144 144 #518
1920 — 143 143 #510
1919 — 108 108 #579
1918 — 105 105 #600
1917 — 85 85 #649
1916 — 92 92 #611
1915 — 86 86 #628
1914 — 42 42 #835
1913 — 32 32 #867
1912 — 42 42 #658
1911 — 12 12 #1,031
1910 — 8 8 #1,297
1909 — 5 5 #1,607
1908 — 8 8 #1,101
1907 — 13 13 #776
1906 — 8 8 #998
1905 — 11 11 #784
1903 — 6 6 #1,121
1901 — 5 5 #1,201
1900 — 7 7 #1,150