Darrell

maleStatistical record

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

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

Darrell: Recorded since 1952, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #96, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#96highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Darrell's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#573
1997	#661
1998	#738
1999	#1664
2000	#2501
2001	#1379
2002	#1519
2003	#1326
2004	#2070
2005	#1014
2006	#1224
2007	#1885
2008	#1511
2009	#1649
2010	#1724
2011	#3300
2012	#2458
2013	#3822
2014	#3362
2015	#3908
2016	#3478
2019	#3013
2020	#3334
2022	#4789
2023	#3523
2024	#5119

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 Republic of Ireland in 30 of the 43 years from 1966 to 2008.

In 2008: #601 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1511 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #99 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1954
Highest recorded position: #96 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1954 (recorded 1952–1954).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Darrell appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 30 ranked years and 159 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Darrell across 4 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.

Darrell'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#256 (1966)	#193 (1991)	#601 (2008)	30 of 43	159 (1966–2008)	11 (1991)
England and Wales · Boys	#573 (1996)	#573 (1996)	#5119 (2024)	26 of 29	266 (1996–2024)	29 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#99 (1952)	#96 (1954)	#96 (1954)	2 of 3	114 (1952–1954)	60 (1954)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#248 (1997)	#221 (1998)	#221 (1998)	2 of 2	9 (1997–1998)	5 (1998)

Darrell by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Darrell in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	9	2 of 10	5
1970s	40	8 of 10	5
1980s	40	9 of 10	4
1990sbusiest	63	9 of 10	7
2000s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Darrell 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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #96 in New South Wales, Australia in 1954.

Darrell'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1224	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1014	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#738	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#661	25	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#573	29	High	Verified
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	60	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	54	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#221	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#248	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	6	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#248	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 53 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #96, first reached in 1954.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 60 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1954.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1966, and 45 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.

Darran · #132, 35y
Darrel · #317, 20y
Darren · #10, 66y
Darrin · #58, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Vicky · #96, 52y
Kara · #93, 54y
Lloyd · #99, 55y
Szymon · #99, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Dawn · #95, 64y
Fay · #97, 33y
Guy · #95, 44y
Ingvill · #97, 59y

Darrell was ranked #96 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1954. 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.

Darrell 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 Darrell without appearing here.

Darrell moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2501 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1379 and #1595.
Roger Compare
In 1996 they stood at #261 and #261 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1997 that had become #242 and #382.
Florence Compare
In 1991 they stood at #307 and #307 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1992 that had become #222 and #337.

Moved ahead of Darrell

Geoffrey Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #2443.
Anders Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3334 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2529.
Conan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1724 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1342.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1724 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.

Moved the opposite way to Darrell

Aaron Compare
Between 1966 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darrell went from #256 to #601 while Aaron went from #171 to #12.
Adam Compare
Between 1966 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darrell went from #256 to #601 while Adam went from #229 to #7.
Alexander Compare
Between 1966 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darrell went from #256 to #601 while Alexander went from #114 to #45.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1966 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darrell went from #256 to #601 while Benjamin went from #185 to #63.

Moved the same way as Darrell

Adrian Compare
Between 1966 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darrell went from #256 to #601 and Adrian from #80 to #141.
Alfred Compare
Between 1966 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darrell went from #256 to #601 and Alfred from #159 to #368.
Arthur Compare
Between 1966 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darrell went from #256 to #601 and Arthur from #101 to #219.
Denis Compare
Between 1966 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darrell went from #256 to #601 and Denis from #26 to #133.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #96 in New South Wales, Australia in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Darrell

Darrell at a glance

What stands out in Darrell's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darrell across 4 official records

Darrell by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Darrell appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Darrell at a glance

What stands out in Darrell's record

Darrell across 4 official records

Darrell by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Darrell appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Darrell

Darrell and the names beside it

Darrell moved ahead of

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