girls:
488 births since 1922
#5228 (9th percentile)
boys:
6.9k births since 1927
#1412 (69th percentile)
overall:
7.4k births since 1922
#3133 (60th percentile)
The name Dariel is the #3,133 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,424 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 59.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 59.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,412 (69.2% percentile) for all time with 6,936 births since 1927. For girls, it ranks #5,228 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 488 births since 1922.
Dariel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (1922 for girls and 1927 for boys). Birth data for Dariel is available in 89 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023 (82 years for boys and 55 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dariel has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.4% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1934, the name was more popular for girls (66.2% girls from 1922 to 1933), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (94.0% boys from 1934 to 2023).
For boys, Dariel reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 62.0% percentile (ranked #347) with 479 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 479 births per million (ranked 62.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1996, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dariel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #347 (62.0% percentile) with 479 births per million.
For girls, Dariel reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #829) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dariel".
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Our model has identified 15 different pronunciations for the name Dariel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 16.7% confident that Dariel is pronounced as dah-ree-EHL, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAH-ree-uhl, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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