In this article, some new sufficient conditions for the exponential stability of nonlinear timevarying delay differential equations are given. An extension of the classical asymptotical stability theorem in terms of a Lyapunov–Razumikhin function is obtained. The condition of non-positivity of the time derivative of a Razumikhin function is weakened. Additionally, the resulting sufficient asymptotic stability conditions allow us to guarantee uniform exponential stability and evaluate the exponential convergence rate of the system solutions. The effectiveness of the results is demonstrated by some examples.