Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Darl isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,882
- 1,819 boys · 63 girls
- Most popular year
- 1933
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 46 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 964 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Darl
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Darl, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Dudley
“from the people's meadow”
>99% boys
Doyle
“a dark stranger”
>99% boys
Delbert
“one who is noble; a bright man”
>99% boys
Marzell
>99% boys
Delton
“from the town in the valley”
>99% boys
Arlon
>99% boys
Doss
Doss is a surname.
>99% boys
Arliss
“from the high fortress” · “of the pledge”
>99% boys