Masculine dossier · first seen 1937

Darnel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Darnel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1986

Peak era

1986

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Millennial

1937Peak 19862024

Peak year

1986

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,006

Darnel is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1986, when 36 boys were named Darnel.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,006 Americans have been named Darnel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1937.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1986

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