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How popular is “Darnell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Darnell” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Darnell” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Darnell” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Darnell” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Darnell” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Darnell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Darnell” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 -100%
1917 14 0.000006976 5 9 -29%
1918 15 0.000006909 5 10 -33%
1919 16 0.000007582 5 11 -38%
1920 21 0.000009281 8 13 -24%
1921 20 0.000008567 5 15 -50%
1922 31 0.000013542 6 25 -61%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 40 0.000016795 10 30 -50%
1925 30 0.000012857 11 19 -27%
1926 31 0.000013502 8 23 -48%
1927 24 0.000010348 6 18 -50%
1928 28 0.000012384 8 20 -43%
1929 27 0.000012317 8 19 -41%
1930 22 0.000009895 22 -100%
1931 28 0.000013306 28 -100%
1932 24 0.000011367 8 16 -33%
1933 39 0.000019505 9 30 -54%
1934 40 0.00001926 11 29 -45%
1935 44 0.000021054 11 33 -50%
1936 32 0.000015403 8 24 -50%
1937 41 0.000019243 6 35 -71%
1938 45 0.000020338 10 35 -56%
1939 57 0.000025869 15 42 -47%
1940 56 0.000024319 21 35 -25%
1941 90 0.000036939 44 46 -2%
1942 63 0.000023062 27 36 -14%
1943 68 0.000024092 26 42 -24%
1944 88 0.000032713 36 52 -18%
1945 100 0.000037694 44 56 -12%
1946 109 0.000034113 35 74 -36%
1947 126 0.000034977 61 65 -3%
1948 177 0.000051267 68 109 -23%
1949 173 0.000049645 55 118 -36%
1950 246 0.000070218 70 176 -43%
1951 286 0.000077639 71 215 -50%
1952 341 0.000089784 67 274 -61%
1953 322 0.000083557 49 273 -70%
1954 346 0.000086919 55 291 -68%
1955 386 0.000096138 49 337 -75%
1956 362 0.000087799 55 307 -70%
1957 402 0.000095665 56 346 -72%
1958 457 0.000110549 65 392 -72%
1959 409 0.000098365 51 358 -75%
1960 383 0.000092204 54 329 -72%
1961 421 0.000101634 67 354 -68%
1962 408 0.000101106 54 354 -74%
1963 425 0.000107372 65 360 -69%
1964 446 0.000114724 60 386 -73%
1965 406 0.000111986 67 339 -67%
1966 416 0.00011969 63 353 -70%
1967 443 0.00013049 53 390 -76%
1968 437 0.000129351 52 385 -76%
1969 504 0.000145022 65 439 -74%
1970 539 0.000149452 56 483 -79%
1971 525 0.000152956 52 473 -80%
1972 502 0.00015972 34 468 -86%
1973 500 0.000165734 32 468 -87%
1974 457 0.000150329 29 428 -87%
1975 490 0.000162284 34 456 -86%
1976 499 0.000164453 26 473 -90%
1977 551 0.000173462 33 518 -88%
1978 591 0.000186208 25 566 -92%
1979 518 0.000155696 23 495 -91%
1980 537 0.0001559 21 516 -92%
1981 517 0.000149449 25 492 -90%
1982 562 0.000160207 23 539 -92%
1983 667 0.000192589 23 644 -93%
1984 770 0.000220709 29 741 -92%
1985 691 0.000193606 17 674 -95%
1986 710 0.000199602 18 692 -95%
1987 710 0.000196915 21 689 -94%
1988 668 0.000180783 16 652 -95%
1989 669 0.000174017 13 656 -96%
1990 688 0.000174068 10 678 -97%
1991 572 0.000146845 8 564 -97%
1992 543 0.000141359 11 532 -96%
1993 448 0.000118824 5 443 -98%
1994 482 0.000129652 13 469 -95%
1995 395 0.00010786 395 -100%
1996 412 0.000112964 412 -100%
1997 361 0.000099566 7 354 -96%
1998 354 0.000096243 354 -100%
1999 318 0.000086089 5 313 -97%
2000 274 0.000072489 274 -100%
2001 264 0.000070524 264 -100%
2002 262 0.000070086 262 -100%
2003 291 0.000076532 291 -100%
2004 271 0.000070925 271 -100%
2005 289 0.000075166 289 -100%
2006 305 0.000077094 305 -100%
2007 325 0.000081297 325 -100%
2008 313 0.00007963 313 -100%
2009 284 0.000074342 284 -100%
2010 235 0.000063587 235 -100%
2011 243 0.000066434 5 238 -96%
2012 203 0.000055504 203 -100%
2013 191 0.000052391 191 -100%
2014 197 0.000053152 197 -100%
2015 150 0.000040531 150 -100%
2016 151 0.000041159 151 -100%
2017 155 0.000043342 5 150 -94%
2018 129 0.00003669 129 -100%
2019 128 0.000036878 128 -100%
2020 99 0.000029636 99 -100%
2021 102 0.000030107 102 -100%
2022 95 0.00002808 95 -100%
2023 85 0.00002567 85 -100%
2024 61 0.000018327 61 -100%

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