Darleen

Where Darleen comes from

The dictionaries list Darleen as a given name — a female given name, variant of Darlene — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,188 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1943
    Peak, #493
    227 babies named Darleen — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1950
    Darleen Carr born
    American actress
  4. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,177.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Darlene.
Namesakes
  • Darleen Carr · American actress, born 1950

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.