Name meaning & stats
Darnell
Darnell means “type of ryegrass”. 30,301 US babies since 1940, peak 1984.
What it means
“type of ryegrass”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1984
30,301 US babies were named Darnell between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Darnell (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 95% of the family
- Darnell 95%
- Darnel 3%
- Darnelle 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1984)