Darnell is an established boys' name that peaked in 1984 and has since faded.
Darnell is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,423 for boy births in the United States (and #5,215 across all names), given to 56 babies. Darnell was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 1984 (741 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,423 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,268 |
| 2023 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,869 |
| 2022 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,756 |
| 2021 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,636 |
| 2020 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,623 |
| 2019 | 128 | 128 | — | #1,389 |
| 2018 | 129 | 129 | — | #1,366 |
| 2017 | 155 | 155 | #16,481 | #1,224 |
| 2016 | 151 | 151 | — | #1,237 |
| 2015 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,224 |
| 2014 | 197 | 197 | — | #1,030 |
| 2013 | 191 | 191 | — | #1,023 |
| 2012 | 203 | 203 | — | #984 |
| 2011 | 243 | 243 | #17,439 | #878 |
| 2010 | 235 | 235 | — | #887 |
| 2009 | 284 | 284 | — | #791 |
| 2008 | 313 | 313 | — | #732 |
| 2007 | 325 | 325 | — | #713 |
| 2006 | 305 | 305 | — | #712 |
| 2005 | 289 | 289 | — | #707 |
| 2004 | 271 | 271 | — | #709 |
| 2003 | 291 | 291 | — | #672 |
| 2002 | 262 | 262 | — | #694 |
| 2001 | 264 | 264 | — | #683 |
| 2000 | 274 | 274 | — | #659 |
| 1999 | 318 | 318 | #14,976 | #600 |
| 1998 | 354 | 354 | — | #555 |
| 1997 | 361 | — | #11,133 | #552 |
| 1996 | 412 | — | — | #506 |
| 1995 | 395 | — | — | #515 |
| 1994 | 482 | — | #6,770 | #466 |
| 1993 | 448 | — | #14,006 | #477 |
| 1992 | 543 | — | #7,641 | #419 |
| 1991 | 572 | — | #9,549 | #404 |
| 1990 | 688 | — | #8,027 | #354 |
| 1989 | 669 | — | #6,241 | #350 |
| 1988 | 668 | — | #5,106 | #330 |
| 1987 | 709 | — | #4,015 | #309 |
| 1986 | 710 | — | #4,386 | #297 |
| 1985 | 691 | — | #4,500 | #305 |
| 1984 | 770 | — | #3,001 | #281 |
| 1983 | 667 | — | #3,453 | #306 |
| 1982 | 562 | — | #3,545 | #344 |
| 1981 | 517 | — | #3,358 | #358 |
| 1980 | 537 | — | #3,742 | #351 |
| 1979 | 518 | — | #3,464 | #355 |
| 1978 | 591 | — | #3,121 | #314 |
| 1977 | 551 | — | #2,565 | #346 |
| 1976 | 499 | — | #2,881 | #352 |
| 1975 | 490 | — | #2,368 | #361 |
| 1974 | 457 | — | #2,564 | #368 |
| 1973 | 500 | — | #2,362 | #357 |
| 1972 | 502 | — | #2,236 | #359 |
| 1971 | 525 | — | #1,735 | #369 |
| 1970 | 539 | — | #1,658 | #371 |
| 1969 | 504 | — | #1,454 | #374 |
| 1968 | 437 | — | #1,596 | #398 |
| 1967 | 443 | — | #1,540 | #382 |
| 1966 | 416 | — | #1,386 | #400 |
| 1965 | 406 | — | #1,340 | #422 |
| 1964 | 445 | — | #1,463 | #410 |
| 1963 | 426 | — | #1,374 | #422 |
| 1962 | 408 | — | #1,529 | #425 |
| 1961 | 422 | — | #1,364 | #422 |
| 1960 | 382 | — | #1,506 | #445 |
| 1959 | 409 | — | #1,522 | #418 |
| 1958 | 457 | — | #1,311 | #394 |
| 1957 | 402 | — | #1,410 | #419 |
| 1956 | 362 | — | #1,413 | #433 |
| 1955 | 386 | — | #1,448 | #395 |
| 1954 | 346 | — | #1,350 | #420 |
| 1953 | 322 | — | #1,393 | #426 |
| 1952 | 341 | — | #1,159 | #418 |
| 1951 | 286 | — | #1,104 | #464 |
| 1950 | 246 | — | #1,104 | #504 |
| 1949 | 173 | — | #1,223 | #629 |
| 1948 | 177 | — | #1,073 | #649 |
| 1947 | 126 | — | #1,153 | #861 |
| 1946 | 109 | — | #1,484 | #774 |
| 1945 | 100 | — | #1,191 | #840 |
| 1944 | 88 | — | #1,342 | #880 |
| 1943 | 68 | — | #1,674 | #1,037 |
| 1942 | 63 | — | #1,599 | #1,143 |
| 1941 | 90 | — | #1,122 | #941 |
| 1940 | 56 | — | #1,752 | #1,111 |
| 1939 | 57 | — | #2,143 | #980 |
| 1938 | 45 | — | #2,772 | #1,098 |
| 1937 | 41 | — | #3,893 | #1,100 |
| 1936 | 32 | — | #3,165 | #1,365 |
| 1935 | 44 | — | #2,609 | #1,148 |
| 1934 | 40 | — | #2,600 | #1,247 |
| 1933 | 39 | — | #2,925 | #1,209 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | #3,335 | #1,863 |
| 1931 | 28 | — | — | #1,311 |
| 1930 | 22 | — | — | #1,570 |
| 1929 | 27 | — | #3,456 | #1,746 |
| 1928 | 28 | — | #3,493 | #1,721 |
| 1927 | 24 | — | #4,408 | #1,888 |
| 1926 | 31 | — | #3,638 | #1,576 |
| 1925 | 30 | — | #2,984 | #1,819 |
| 1924 | 40 | — | #3,187 | #1,361 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | — | #2,145 |
| 1922 | 31 | — | #4,570 | #1,516 |
| 1921 | 20 | — | #5,290 | #2,172 |
| 1920 | 21 | — | #3,688 | #2,358 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #4,975 | #2,540 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | #4,994 | #2,733 |
| 1917 | 14 | — | #4,744 | #2,782 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | — | #3,592 |
| 1915 | 13 | — | — | #2,094 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | — | #2,920 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | — | #1,774 |