Darnell Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Darnell: every year it appeared on the national list since 1912, with 28,631 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

28,631

Peak year

1984 #281

Years on the list

113

10-year trend

-39.0%

In the 1980s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1912–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	238	#878
2012	203	#984
2013	191	#1023
2014	197	#1030
2015	150	#1224
2016	151	#1237
2017	150	#1224
2018	129	#1366
2019	128	#1389
2020	99	#1623
2021	102	#1636
2022	95	#1756
2023	85	#1869
2024	63	#2268
2025	56	#2423

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1984

103

Names from the same era

Christopher · 1984 Adam · 1984 Marcus · 1984 Brenton · 1984 Marques · 1984 Daniel · 1985 Matthew · 1983 Ryan · 1985 Bryan · 1985 Joel · 1985

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