Darlin
- #4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Given to girls 90.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 845since 1950
Darlin over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #4,067 | 35 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,299 | 35 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
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| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
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| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
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| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five girls were named Darlin! It came in at #4,315, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1953, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Darlin is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Texas#2,921 · 1 in 26,757
Best ever in a state: #1,969 in California, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #2,921 | 6 | 1 in 26,757 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,548 spots since 2024 (#5,615 → #4,067)
- 813 spots since 2020 (#4,880 → #4,067)
- 4,864 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #4,067)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1954 at #3,718 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 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 45,922
- Highest: 1 in 45,922 girls born in 2025 were named Darlin (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,718 in 1954, was only 1 in 194,192 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 30.5% of all girls named Darlin (258) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 22 | #3,718 (1954) | #4,620 |
| 1960s | 16 | #5,817 (1965) | #6,316 |
| 1970s | 21 | #6,189 (1979) | #7,711 |
| 1980s | 52 | #6,612 (1986) | #8,605 |
| 1990s | 128 | #5,280 (1996) | #7,054 |
| 2000s | 258 | #4,299 (2007) | #5,218 |
| 2010s | 200 | #5,414 (2010) | #6,397 |
| 2020s | 148 | #4,067 (2025) | #5,371 |
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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