Masculine dossier · first seen 1912

Darnell

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

Endangered Down 91.8% from peak

Peak era

1984

Peak rank proxy

741

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1912Peak 19842024

Peak year

1984

Decline from peak

91.8%

2024

All-time

28,574

Darnell once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1984, when 741 boys were named Darnell.

In 2024, only 61 boys were given the name.

Down 91.8% from its peak.

All told, about 28,574 Americans have been named Darnell and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.8% from peak

1984741 boys named Darnell

202461 boys named Darnell

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