Darla

#941 for girls in 2025, 275 births · Last seen for boys in 1970 at #4,724
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1963 · 2,391 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
43,667
since 1924

Darla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Darla has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #165, 1963girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#941275—
2024#1,025246—
2023#1,202199—
2022#1,190202—
2021#1,236190—
2020#1,412155—
2019#1,366165—
2018#1,271181—
2017#1,416161—
2016#1,294185—
2015#1,677127—
2014#1,416161—
2013#1,470151—
2012#1,346174—
2011#1,531143—
2010#1,569140—
2009#1,733126—
2008#1,740127—
2007#1,940106—
2006#2,18688—
2005#1,855104—
2004#1,756109—
2003#1,786105—
2002#1,93491—
2001#1,700106—
2000#1,79197—
1999#1,84486—
1998#1,70993—
1997#1,60699—
1996#1,519105—
1995#1,370120—
1994#2,05967—
1993#1,86576—
1992#1,70488—
1991#1,407114—
1990#1,334120—
1989#1,326117—
1988#1,066148—
1987#1,075142—
1986#1,093136—
1985#901176—
1984#806197—
1983#745219—
1982#679259—
1981#628287—
1980#585315—
1979#583313—
1978#538333—
1977#532341—
1976#481382—
1975#460409—
1974#407493—
1973#375559—
1972#331692—
1971#305895—
1970#299965#4,7245
1969#2711,058#4,4045
1968#2401,152—
1967#2301,265—
1966#2111,445—
1965#2081,581#3,9305
1964#1852,044—
1963#1652,391—
1962#1901,964—
1961#2031,717—
1960#2021,723#3,6656
1959#2031,672#3,6196
1958#2231,355—
1957#2301,334—
1956#2371,209—
1955#292877—
1954#318700—
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First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Darla! It came in at #4,002, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1926–1928, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Darla is popular in 1941

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedNHWashington: #207 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,425 girlsWAIdaho: #105 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 437 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #176 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,366 girlsMNIllinois: #335 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,595 girlsILWisconsin: #316 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,168 girlsWIMichigan: #308 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,682 girlsMINew York: #602 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,057 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedRIOregon: #166 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 962 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #109 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 513 girlsSDIowa: #148 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,016 girlsIAIndiana: #175 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,308 girlsINOhio: #168 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 1,243 girlsOHPennsylvania: #201 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,603 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #354 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,279 girlsCAUtah: #113 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 507 girlsUTColorado: #259 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,822 girlsCONebraska: #144 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 817 girlsNEMissouri: #344 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,727 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #335 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,265 girlsWVVirginia: #321 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,259 girlsVAMaryland: #289 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,946 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedNMKansas: #197 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,420 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #143 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 750 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedHITexas: #306 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,822 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#105 · 1 in 437
  2. South Dakota#109 · 1 in 513
  3. Utah#113 · 1 in 507
  4. Oklahoma#143 · 1 in 750
  5. Nebraska#144 · 1 in 817

Best ever in a state: #40 in South Dakota, 1963.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#105101 in 437
South Dakota#10991 in 513
Utah#113101 in 507
Oklahoma#143271 in 750
Nebraska#144111 in 817
Iowa#148201 in 1,016
Oregon#16681 in 962
Ohio#168461 in 1,243
Indiana#175221 in 1,308
Minnesota#176171 in 1,366
Kansas#19791 in 1,420
Pennsylvania#201491 in 1,603
Washington#20791 in 1,425
Colorado#25951 in 1,822
Maryland#28951 in 2,946
Texas#306351 in 1,822
Michigan#308131 in 3,682
Wisconsin#31661 in 4,168
Virginia#32181 in 3,259
Illinois#335171 in 3,595
West Virginia#33561 in 3,265
Missouri#34481 in 3,727
California#354171 in 3,279
New York#60281 in 12,057
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Darla
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 84 spots since 2024 (#1,025 → #941)
  • 471 spots since 2020 (#1,412 → #941)
  • 736 spots since 2015 (#1,677 → #941)
  • Biggest jump: 672 spots in 1935 (#1,344 → #672)
  • Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1986 (#901 → #1,093)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 1963 at #165 (2,391 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1935–1985
Share of babies · girls
1 in 806
  • Highest: 1 in 806 girls born in 1963 were named Darla (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,845 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 37.4% of all girls named Darla (16,340) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s33#1,892 (1929)#3,307
1930s1,206#368 (1939)#1,050
1940s4,229#303 (1946)#356
1950s9,599#203 (1959)#280
1960s16,340#165 (1963)#211
1970s5,382#299 (1970)#431
1980s1,996#585 (1980)#890
1990s968#1,334 (1990)#1,642
2000s1,059#1,700 (2001)#1,842
2010s1,588#1,271 (2018)#1,436
2020s1,267#941 (2025)#1,168

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Darla in 1941

girls
#326
406 births · 1 in 2,976 girls

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #326Darla406
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 2,976 of them was named Darla, which outranked 93.6% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darla
  1. #323Ora411
  2. #324Ina410
  3. #325Rosalind409
  4. #326Darla406
  5. #327Earnestine404
  6. #327Jewel404
  7. #327Winifred404
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1941 →