# Darrel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/darrel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 29,892 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 29,769 / 123 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 92, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 6 | 4,862 |
| 1950 | 6 | 4,853 |
| 1951 | 5 | 5,590 |
| 1952 | 6 | 5,035 |
| 1954 | 8 | 4,363 |
| 1957 | 6 | 5,533 |
| 1958 | 8 | 4,602 |
| 1960 | 5 | 6,559 |
| 1961 | 7 | 5,410 |
| 1962 | 5 | 6,766 |
| 1966 | 6 | 5,948 |
| 1967 | 7 | 5,590 |
| 1970 | 5 | 8,245 |
| 1973 | 5 | 8,712 |
| 1974 | 5 | 9,071 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 2,763 |
| 2012 | 35 | 3,188 |
| 2013 | 40 | 2,860 |
| 2014 | 48 | 2,549 |
| 2015 | 30 | 3,603 |
| 2016 | 22 | 4,504 |
| 2017 | 19 | 4,978 |
| 2018 | 29 | 3,725 |
| 2019 | 28 | 3,818 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,571 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,197 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4,888 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,295 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,282 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,435 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 17 | 853 |
| 1997 | 8 | 1,454 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 12 | 1,130 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2003 | 8 | 1,771 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 9 | 1,851 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |

## People named Darrel

- Darrel Mitchell, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Darrel Frost, American herpetologist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.