Darlen
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 184since 1936
Darlen over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Darlen has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
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| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
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| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
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First appearance
1936
The first year at least five girls were named Darlen! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1949, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Darlen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Darlen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Darlen
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1936 at #4,181 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 171,903
- Highest: 1 in 171,903 girls born in 2008 were named Darlen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,181 in 1936, was only 1 in 208,078 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 27.7% of all girls named Darlen (51) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 10 | #4,181 (1936) | #4,262 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 29 | #4,202 (1957) | #4,696 |
| 1960s | 51 | #4,437 (1960) | #5,325 |
| 1970s | 5 | #7,995 (1970) | #7,995 |
| 1980s | 10 | #11,325 (1987) | #11,844 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,724 (1997) | #13,724 |
| 2000s | 39 | #10,084 (2008) | #12,508 |
| 2010s | 30 | #11,246 (2010) | #15,005 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,306 (2022) | #15,306 |
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.
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