Darlene
#1,844 for girls in 2025, 108 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 8,278 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 34 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 204,942since 1896
Darlene over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,844 | 108 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,779 | 113 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,850 | 108 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,870 | 108 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,910 | 103 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,792 | 110 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,708 | 122 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,595 | 134 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,515 | 146 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,550 | 144 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,437 | 160 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,362 | 171 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,267 | 187 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,132 | 217 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,224 | 196 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,165 | 208 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,167 | 215 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,100 | 236 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,147 | 223 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,050 | 244 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,061 | 225 | — | |
| 2004 | #997 | 236 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,084 | 203 | — | |
| 2002 | #894 | 251 | — | |
| 2001 | #855 | 266 | — | |
| 2000 | #825 | 273 | — | |
| 1999 | #936 | 224 | — | |
| 1998 | #831 | 256 | — | |
| 1997 | #831 | 249 | — | |
| 1996 | #745 | 283 | — | |
| 1995 | #750 | 272 | — | |
| 1994 | #636 | 344 | — | |
| 1993 | #617 | 370 | — | |
| 1992 | #601 | 378 | — | |
| 1991 | #506 | 466 | — | |
| 1990 | #483 | 506 | — | |
| 1989 | #493 | 477 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #467 | 482 | — | |
| 1987 | #491 | 441 | — | |
| 1986 | #475 | 451 | — | |
| 1985 | #456 | 471 | — | |
| 1984 | #451 | 459 | — | |
| 1983 | #408 | 527 | — | |
| 1982 | #394 | 584 | — | |
| 1981 | #367 | 639 | — | |
| 1980 | #362 | 653 | — | |
| 1979 | #348 | 667 | — | |
| 1978 | #319 | 718 | — | |
| 1977 | #308 | 772 | — | |
| 1976 | #278 | 827 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #265 | 905 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #251 | 1,019 | — | |
| 1973 | #216 | 1,161 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #199 | 1,416 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #170 | 1,824 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #155 | 2,175 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #137 | 2,460 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #121 | 2,658 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #111 | 3,069 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #94 | 3,728 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #83 | 4,356 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #80 | 5,175 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #85 | 5,153 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #88 | 5,107 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #80 | 5,728 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #75 | 6,093 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #66 | 6,876 | #1,759 | 21 |
| 1958 | #49 | 8,278 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1957 | #57 | 7,784 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #71 | 6,919 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #76 | 5,641 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #76 | 5,510 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #75 | 5,591 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #77 | 5,427 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #79 | 5,030 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #79 | 4,830 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #75 | 4,799 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #77 | 4,692 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #71 | 5,255 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #71 | 4,662 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #71 | 3,626 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #76 | 3,532 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #73 | 3,774 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #78 | 3,517 | #1,682 | 18 |
| 1941 | #76 | 3,344 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #79 | 3,120 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #75 | 3,287 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #76 | 3,321 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #72 | 3,285 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #83 | 2,962 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #91 | 2,703 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #90 | 2,605 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #96 | 2,408 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #122 | 2,020 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #128 | 1,822 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #141 | 1,543 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #160 | 1,302 | — | |
| 1928 | #176 | 1,186 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #185 | 1,109 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #212 | 875 | — | |
| 1925 | #241 | 741 | — | |
| 1924 | #260 | 638 | — | |
| 1923 | #291 | 493 | — | |
| 1922 | #315 | 423 | — | |
| 1921 | #336 | 384 | — | |
| 1920 | #398 | 275 | — | |
| 1919 | #435 | 229 | — | |
| 1918 | #506 | 181 | — | |
| 1917 | #507 | 170 | — | |
| 1916 | #586 | 131 | — | |
| 1915 | #704 | 89 | — | |
| 1914 | #642 | 81 | — | |
| 1913 | #741 | 50 | — | |
| 1912 | #919 | 30 | — | |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 | — | |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 | — | |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1896
The first year at least five girls were named Darlene! It came in at #1,583, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Darlene is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Mexico#264 · 1 in 1,201
- California#285 · 1 in 1,556
- Connecticut#301 · 1 in 2,129
- Massachusetts#330 · 1 in 2,499
- South Carolina#353 · 1 in 2,229
Best ever in a state: #5 in North Dakota, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #264 | 8 | 1 in 1,201 |
| California | #285 | 130 | 1 in 1,556 |
| Connecticut | #301 | 8 | 1 in 2,129 |
| Massachusetts | #330 | 14 | 1 in 2,499 |
| South Carolina | #353 | 8 | 1 in 2,229 |
| Florida | #379 | 25 | 1 in 2,610 |
| North Carolina | #379 | 13 | 1 in 2,735 |
| New Jersey | #394 | 14 | 1 in 2,887 |
| Tennessee | #400 | 9 | 1 in 3,086 |
| New York | #408 | 39 | 1 in 2,741 |
| Pennsylvania | #438 | 18 | 1 in 3,841 |
| Texas | #438 | 47 | 1 in 2,837 |
| Michigan | #454 | 15 | 1 in 3,817 |
| Kentucky | #457 | 5 | 1 in 4,250 |
| Arizona | #459 | 8 | 1 in 2,874 |
| Washington | #523 | 7 | 1 in 3,949 |
| Illinois | #539 | 17 | 1 in 4,294 |
| Maryland | #553 | 5 | 1 in 4,823 |
| Ohio | #567 | 12 | 1 in 5,758 |
| Colorado | #576 | 5 | 1 in 4,392 |
| Missouri | #631 | 5 | 1 in 6,437 |
| Indiana | #656 | 5 | 1 in 6,808 |
| Virginia | #681 | 5 | 1 in 6,590 |
| Georgia | #716 | 6 | 1 in 6,183 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 65 spots since 2024 (#1,779 → #1,844)
- 52 spots since 2020 (#1,792 → #1,844)
- 407 spots since 2015 (#1,437 → #1,844)
- Biggest jump: 178 spots in 1913 (#919 → #741)
- Biggest drop: 190 spots in 2003 (#894 → #1,084)
Rise & fade · girls
62 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1958 at #49 (8,278 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 34 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1933–1966
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1909–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 243
- Highest: 1 in 243 girls born in 1958 were named Darlene (0.41%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,882 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 30.2% of all girls named Darlene (61,886) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,394 (1899) | #1,489 |
| 1900s | 92 | #961 (1909) | #1,275 |
| 1910s | 1,000 | #435 (1919) | #702 |
| 1920s | 7,426 | #160 (1929) | #257 |
| 1930s | 25,956 | #72 (1937) | #97 |
| 1940s | 40,321 | #71 (1947) | #75 |
| 1950s | 61,886 | #49 (1958) | #71 |
| 1960s | 43,527 | #75 (1960) | #95 |
| 1970s | 11,484 | #155 (1970) | #251 |
| 1980s | 5,184 | #362 (1980) | #436 |
| 1990s | 3,348 | #483 (1990) | #694 |
| 2000s | 2,372 | #825 (2000) | #1,018 |
| 2010s | 1,685 | #1,132 (2012) | #1,396 |
| 2020s | 650 | #1,779 (2024) | #1,841 |
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.
Darlene in 1985
girls
#456
471 births · 1 in 3,654 girls
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 3,654 of them was named Darlene, which outranked 96.4% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Darlene
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.