Dariel
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Meaning
modern coinage; sources differ between Darrell reshaped with a Daniel-style ending and a blend of Darius and Ariel; a favorite in Latino families
The story
Dariel is a modern coinage with two proposed parentages, Darrell reshaped with a Daniel-style ending, or a blend of Darius and Ariel; our records carry the blend reading with its honest possibly, and that pair is worth the look: Darius, the Persian king's name, about 54,300 in our records; Ariel, the lion of God turned Shakespearean spirit, about 100,700. Our meaning records also note it a favorite in Latino families, and the record's shape is a staircase without a spike: about 490 in the 1990s, 920 in the 2000s, 2,900 in the 2010s, and already 4,600 so far this decade, past the full 2010s with years to run. It goes to boys about 9,000 to 490. The blend reading keeps both inheritances, a king in the front and a spirit in the back, and the staircase underneath has not broken step since the 1990s.
How popular is Dariel around the world?
In the United States, 4,598 babies were named Dariel between 2020 and 2025. In Mexico City, there were 198 registrations of Dariel in 2022.
Dariel is on the official records of the United States, Mexico City, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Chile, Scotland, England and Wales, Canada, Spain, Austria and Brazil.
United States
1 in 4,700
In the United States, 4,598 babies were named Dariel between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Dariel peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Mexico City City
1 in 590
In Mexico City, there were 198 registrations of Dariel in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (8 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Puerto Rico
1 in 1,100
In Puerto Rico, 16 babies were named Dariel in 2025, and 1,277 have carried the name since 1998.
share of that year’s births on record
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Argentina
1 in 2,200
In Argentina, 308 newborns were given the name Dariel in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Chile
1 in 4,200
In Chile, 42 boys were registered as Dariel in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Scotland
1 in 15,000
In Scotland, 3 boys named Dariel were registered in 2024, the 727th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
England and Wales
1 in 49,000
In England and Wales, 12 boys named Dariel were born in 2025, ranked 2,014th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Canada
1 in 61,000
In Canada, 6 boys named Dariel were born in 2024, ranked 2,855th among boys that year.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Spain
1 in 71,000
In Spain, 628 residents are named Dariel, ranked 1,945th among men, with a mean age of 13.2 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Austria
1 in 76,000
In Austria, 1 boy named Dariel was born in 2025, ranked 1,842nd among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Brazil
1 in 250,000
At the 2022 census, 735 people in Brazil were named Dariel, ranked 10,256th, with a median age of 23.
Among people named Dariel living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 47 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Montevideo City
last on record 2007
Dariel is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Not on the record in Ireland, New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Dariel
Most people given the name Dariel in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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