Darla

Where Darla comes from

Back-formation from Darlene
— Wiktionary's entry for Darla
  • English
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Darla through the years
  1. 1924
    First appearance
    #4,002 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1931
    Darla Hood born
    American actress
  3. 1935
    Around this time: Darla Hood in Our Gang
    Film, 1935 · Source
  4. 1963
    Peak, #165
    2,391 babies named Darla, the most in any year.
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #240.
  6. 1970
    Darla K. Anderson born
    American film producer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Darla K. Anderson · American film producer, born 1970
  • Darla Hood · American actress, 1931–1979
  • Darla Vandenbossche · Canadian actress, born 1963
  • Darla Haun · actress, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.