Darel
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dɑɹəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Darel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country. In Congo - Brazzaville it is the 84th most common given name.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 59K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 212K
- CGCongo - Brazzaville≈1 in 7.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 246 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,100 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Congo - Brazzaville, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Darel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #258 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Darel | 3 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Darel | 43 |
| US United States | — | 1,569 | 1 in 212K | 1.5K | Darel | 246 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Darel | 10 |
| CG Congo - Brazzaville | #84 | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 7.4K | — | Darel | 9 |
| GY Guyana | — | 16 | 1 in 47K | 16 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Darel Dieringerb. 1926USAmerican racing driver (1926–1989)
- Darel Carrierb. 1940USAmerican basketball player
- Darel Hartb. 1964Australian rules footballer
- Darel Dexter Uyb. 1979Filipino politician
- Darel Russellb. 1980GBEnglish footballer (born 1980)
- Darel Christopher Jr.b. 1990VGcyclist from British Virgin Islands
- Darel Poirierb. 1997FRFrench basketball player (born 1997)
- Darel Sophieb. 2001MUbadminton player
- Darel Valença LinsBRBrazilian painter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 30 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.5K | #9,035 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 67 | #9,035 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 52 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1956 | 44 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1963 | 43 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1957 | 43 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1954 | 42 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1959 | 40 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1948 | 40 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1967 | 39 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1940 | 39 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1966 | 38 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Darel?
- A machine transcription gives /dɑɹəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Darel a male or female name?
- Darel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Darel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.1 thousand people named Darel in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled darel.
- How common is the name Darel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,569 people named Darel in 2020, about 1 in 212 thousand residents.
- How common is Darel compared with other names?
- In Congo - Kinshasa, Darel is the 258th most common given name of 20,652 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Darel?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/darelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Darel” — the 258th most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.