Darrell is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1958 and has since faded.
Darrell is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,691 for boy births in the United States (and #3,607 across all names), given to 97 babies. Darrell first appears in 1886 and peaked in 1958 (4,771 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,691 |
| 2024 | 124 | 124 | — | #1,461 |
| 2023 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,580 |
| 2022 | 127 | 127 | — | #1,433 |
| 2021 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,410 |
| 2020 | 147 | 147 | — | #1,255 |
| 2019 | 170 | 170 | — | #1,144 |
| 2018 | 189 | 189 | — | #1,067 |
| 2017 | 240 | 240 | — | #895 |
| 2016 | 236 | 236 | — | #911 |
| 2015 | 226 | 226 | — | #935 |
| 2014 | 259 | 259 | — | #856 |
| 2013 | 286 | 286 | — | #789 |
| 2012 | 288 | 288 | — | #786 |
| 2011 | 343 | 343 | #17,440 | #690 |
| 2010 | 304 | 304 | — | #747 |
| 2009 | 317 | 317 | — | #736 |
| 2008 | 388 | 388 | — | #634 |
| 2007 | 416 | 416 | — | #605 |
| 2006 | 415 | 415 | — | #592 |
| 2005 | 405 | 405 | — | #575 |
| 2004 | 410 | 410 | — | #559 |
| 2003 | 400 | 400 | — | #561 |
| 2002 | 405 | 405 | — | #547 |
| 2001 | 461 | 461 | #11,267 | #505 |
| 2000 | 499 | 499 | — | #470 |
| 1999 | 545 | 545 | — | #429 |
| 1998 | 533 | 533 | — | #432 |
| 1997 | 561 | — | #14,278 | #415 |
| 1996 | 614 | — | #14,044 | #383 |
| 1995 | 633 | — | #13,949 | #378 |
| 1994 | 746 | — | — | #332 |
| 1993 | 883 | — | #10,870 | #310 |
| 1992 | 915 | — | — | #294 |
| 1991 | 1,020 | — | — | #266 |
| 1990 | 1,137 | — | #8,657 | #246 |
| 1989 | 1,221 | — | #5,614 | #225 |
| 1988 | 1,230 | — | #5,108 | #216 |
| 1987 | 1,242 | — | #6,917 | #205 |
| 1986 | 1,322 | — | #5,241 | #196 |
| 1985 | 1,334 | — | #6,564 | #190 |
| 1984 | 1,346 | — | #5,990 | #187 |
| 1983 | 1,354 | — | #3,583 | #188 |
| 1982 | 1,398 | — | #7,014 | #182 |
| 1981 | 1,371 | — | #6,433 | #184 |
| 1980 | 1,473 | — | #5,612 | #168 |
| 1979 | 1,556 | — | #2,944 | #162 |
| 1978 | 1,482 | — | #4,299 | #165 |
| 1977 | 1,670 | — | #4,711 | #150 |
| 1976 | 1,672 | — | #4,678 | #150 |
| 1975 | 1,695 | — | #3,072 | #147 |
| 1974 | 1,856 | — | #3,893 | #137 |
| 1973 | 2,000 | — | #2,927 | #131 |
| 1972 | 2,332 | — | #3,301 | #122 |
| 1971 | 2,842 | — | #2,609 | #118 |
| 1970 | 3,184 | — | #2,206 | #102 |
| 1969 | 3,280 | — | #2,305 | #93 |
| 1968 | 3,475 | — | #2,257 | #86 |
| 1967 | 3,680 | — | #2,284 | #86 |
| 1966 | 3,523 | — | #2,364 | #95 |
| 1965 | 3,908 | — | #2,757 | #91 |
| 1964 | 3,993 | — | #2,491 | #96 |
| 1963 | 4,125 | — | #2,265 | #95 |
| 1962 | 3,909 | — | #2,084 | #102 |
| 1961 | 4,225 | — | #2,626 | #101 |
| 1960 | 4,165 | — | #3,014 | #104 |
| 1959 | 4,665 | — | #2,776 | #90 |
| 1958 | 4,797 | — | #2,221 | #90 |
| 1957 | 4,594 | — | #2,289 | #90 |
| 1956 | 4,494 | — | #2,160 | #88 |
| 1955 | 3,919 | — | #2,747 | #91 |
| 1954 | 3,667 | — | #2,194 | #95 |
| 1953 | 3,163 | — | #2,960 | #103 |
| 1952 | 2,882 | — | #2,945 | #109 |
| 1951 | 2,760 | — | #2,835 | #109 |
| 1950 | 2,514 | — | #2,140 | #116 |
| 1949 | 2,539 | — | #2,082 | #117 |
| 1948 | 2,363 | — | #1,826 | #121 |
| 1947 | 2,302 | — | #2,472 | #125 |
| 1946 | 1,921 | — | #2,406 | #131 |
| 1945 | 1,537 | — | #2,256 | #141 |
| 1944 | 1,595 | — | #2,313 | #133 |
| 1943 | 1,547 | — | #2,092 | #140 |
| 1942 | 1,603 | — | #2,697 | #135 |
| 1941 | 1,544 | — | #2,286 | #130 |
| 1940 | 1,446 | — | #2,049 | #131 |
| 1939 | 1,354 | — | #2,224 | #130 |
| 1938 | 1,365 | — | #2,980 | #128 |
| 1937 | 1,277 | — | #1,934 | #130 |
| 1936 | 1,217 | — | #2,911 | #133 |
| 1935 | 1,164 | — | #2,610 | #136 |
| 1934 | 1,136 | — | #3,527 | #140 |
| 1933 | 1,034 | — | #3,173 | #148 |
| 1932 | 1,004 | — | #2,529 | #154 |
| 1931 | 844 | — | #2,813 | #167 |
| 1930 | 834 | — | #4,141 | #173 |
| 1929 | 711 | — | #2,463 | #194 |
| 1928 | 657 | — | #2,992 | #210 |
| 1927 | 610 | — | #3,938 | #223 |
| 1926 | 583 | — | #4,995 | #231 |
| 1925 | 528 | — | #5,138 | #248 |
| 1924 | 516 | — | #4,092 | #255 |
| 1923 | 468 | — | #4,504 | #262 |
| 1922 | 379 | — | — | #290 |
| 1921 | 375 | — | #5,291 | #293 |
| 1920 | 359 | — | — | #298 |
| 1919 | 291 | — | — | #332 |
| 1918 | 250 | — | — | #373 |
| 1917 | 241 | — | — | #360 |
| 1916 | 229 | — | #3,628 | #365 |
| 1915 | 231 | — | — | #352 |
| 1914 | 130 | — | — | #421 |
| 1913 | 116 | — | — | #397 |
| 1912 | 94 | — | — | #397 |
| 1911 | 38 | — | — | #471 |
| 1910 | 29 | — | — | #526 |
| 1909 | 15 | — | — | #726 |
| 1908 | 18 | — | — | #615 |
| 1907 | 23 | — | — | #488 |
| 1906 | 14 | — | — | #651 |
| 1905 | 11 | — | — | #753 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | — | #822 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | — | #858 |
| 1902 | 11 | — | — | #698 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | — | #875 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | — | #919 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | — | #798 |
| 1898 | 14 | — | — | #582 |
| 1897 | 10 | — | — | #690 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | — | #1,119 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,121 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | — | #1,075 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #869 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | — | #1,038 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #1,001 |