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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#941275—
2024#1,025246—
2023#1,202199—
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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 1975

  • 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: #419 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,837 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #288 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,196 girlsMNIllinois: #512 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,871 girlsILWisconsin: #462 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,576 girlsWIMichigan: #588 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,571 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedRIOregon: #314 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,867 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #161 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 654 girlsSDIowa: #302 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,163 girlsIAIndiana: #444 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,819 girlsINOhio: #261 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 1,612 girlsOHPennsylvania: #366 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,602 girlsPANew Jersey: #691 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,997 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #527 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 3,550 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedUTColorado: #469 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,156 girlsCONebraska: #244 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,351 girlsNEMissouri: #290 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,820 girlsMOKentucky: #367 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,600 girlsKYWest Virginia: #318 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,240 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedDEArizona: #398 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,166 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedNMKansas: #395 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,514 girlsKSArkansas: #373 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,106 girlsARTennessee: #371 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,643 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #496 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,042 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #183 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 839 girlsOKLouisiana: #409 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,324 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedMSAlabama: #417 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,731 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Darla, so not publishedHITexas: #353 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,953 girlsTXFlorida: #505 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,445 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#161 · 1 in 654
  2. Oklahoma#183 · 1 in 839
  3. Nebraska#244 · 1 in 1,351
  4. Ohio#261 · 1 in 1,612
  5. Minnesota#288 · 1 in 2,196

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#16161 in 654
Oklahoma#183191 in 839
Nebraska#24471 in 1,351
Ohio#261431 in 1,612
Minnesota#288111 in 2,196
Missouri#290161 in 1,820
Iowa#30281 in 2,163
Oregon#31471 in 1,867
West Virginia#31851 in 2,240
Texas#353491 in 1,953
Pennsylvania#366251 in 2,602
Kentucky#36791 in 2,600
Tennessee#371101 in 2,643
Arkansas#37361 in 2,106
Kansas#39551 in 2,514
Arizona#39871 in 2,166
Louisiana#409111 in 2,324
Alabama#41781 in 2,731
Washington#41971 in 2,837
Indiana#44491 in 3,819
Wisconsin#46261 in 4,576
Colorado#46951 in 3,156
North Carolina#49681 in 4,042
Florida#505121 in 3,445
Illinois#512181 in 3,871
California#527391 in 3,550
Michigan#588101 in 5,571
New Jersey#69161 in 5,997
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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 1975

girls
#460
409 births · 1 in 3,564 girls

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #460Darla409
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 3,564 of them was named Darla, which outranked 95.7% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darla
  1. #457Gabriela413
  2. #458Whitney412
  3. #459Bridgett411
  4. #460Darla409
  5. #461Arlene408
  6. #461Isabel408
  7. #461Maggie408
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →