as a First Name
Of uncertain derivation. It may be a transferred use of the surname derived from darnel, a type of grass (from Old French), or it may be a variant of Darrell, influenced by the plant name.
| 1,346th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,237
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 24,025
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Darnell per capita
- 1984
- marked the height of its popularity
2%
98%
9%
55+
55+
43%
30-54
30-54
30%
13-29
13-29
18%
0-12
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