Darrel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Darrel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Darrel: Recorded since 1986, its highest recorded position is #317, and it was last ranked in 2011.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#317highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2011

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#853
1997	#1454
1998	#2901
1999	#1130
2000	#2501
2001	#2587
2002	#2254
2003	#1771
2004	#3651
2005	#1851
2006	#2538
2007	#3589
2008	#4432
2010	#4678
2011	#4647

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 15 of the 16 years from 1996 to 2011.

In 1996: #369 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #853 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1986–2011 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1986
First recorded at #317 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1986–1996
Highest recorded position: #317 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1986 (recorded 1986–1996).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #4647 among boys in England and Wales, in 2011.
England and Wales · Boys

Darrel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 15 ranked years and 92 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1986.

Darrel across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Darrel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#853 (1996)	#853 (1996)	#4647 (2011)	15 of 16	92 (1996–2011)	17 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#317 (1986)	#317 (1986)	#369 (1996)	6 of 11	18 (1986–1996)	3 (1986)

Darrel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Darrel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	40	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	46	9 of 10	5
2010s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Darrel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1986 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #317 in Republic of Ireland in 1986.

Darrel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1986 and 2011, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #317, first reached in 1986.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Darragh · #11, 61y
Darran · #132, 35y
Darrell · #96, 53y
Darren · #10, 66y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alen · #317, 22y
Davi · #317, 20y
Thady · #317, 18y
Dayne · #319, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Alen · #317, 22y
Camille · #317, 33y
Dallan · #317, 11y
Amiee · #318, 26y

Darrel was ranked #317 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Darrel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Darrel without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Darrel

Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1771 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #906.
Mathias Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1771 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1160.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1771 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1347.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2538 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1440.

Moved the opposite way to Darrel

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Darrel went from #853 to #4647 while Albie went from #853 to #218.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Darrel went from #853 to #4647 while Alfie went from #119 to #4.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Darrel went from #853 to #4647 while Archie went from #192 to #24.
Arthur Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Darrel went from #853 to #4647 while Arthur went from #234 to #68.

Moved the same way as Darrel

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Darrel went from #853 to #4647 and Aaron from #33 to #58.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Darrel went from #853 to #4647 and Adam from #16 to #38.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Darrel went from #853 to #4647 and Alexander from #14 to #23.
Andrea Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Darrel went from #853 to #4647 and Andrea from #1337 to #2039.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1986 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #317 in Republic of Ireland in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Darrel

Darrel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darrel across 2 official records

Darrel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Darrel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Darrel and the names beside it

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Darrel at a glance

Darrel across 2 official records

Darrel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Darrel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Darrel

Darrel and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Darrel

Moved the opposite way to Darrel

Moved the same way as Darrel