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Darnell

Rank in 2024
#2,324
Born in 2024
61
Peak year
1984 · #281
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 61 boys were named Darnell, about 1 in every 28,120.
  • It peaked in 1984 with 741 babies, ranked #281.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1912.
  • 28,574 boys have been named Darnell since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Darnell per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.3
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 221 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 600 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 5,118 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen X: 7,250 babies, 0.27 per 1,000. Millennials: 9,272 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,575 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,538 babies, 0.07 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

English surname, from the noun darnel (“type of ryegrass”). Also a variant of Darnall. The given name is likely derived from the surname.

  • A male given name.
Origin
Not recorded
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Darnell, CC BY-SA 4.0.