girls:
249 births since 1943
#5467 (4th percentile)
boys:
362 births since 1963
#4224 (8th percentile)
overall:
611 births since 1943
#7128 (8th percentile)
The name Darnelle is the #7,128 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 611 recorded births since 1943. This represents the 7.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,224 (7.8% percentile) for all time with 362 births since 1963. For girls, it ranks #5,467 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 249 births since 1943.
Darnelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1943 (1943 for girls and 1963 for boys). Birth data for Darnelle is available in 53 out of the 80 years between 1943 and 2022 (36 years for boys and 32 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 Darnelle has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.2% of all recorded births). In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Darnelle were boys. Interestingly, until around 1978, the name was more popular for girls (83.4% girls from 1943 to 1977), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (80.8% boys from 1978 to 2022).
For boys, Darnelle reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #673) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Darnelle reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #754) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1997.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Darnelle".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Darnelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.2% confident that Darnelle is pronounced as dahr-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAHR-nehl, at 25.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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