Darline
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 109 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,050since 1902
Darline over time
Rank among girls' names. Darline has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 1989 | #2,194 | 55 |
| 1988 | #2,093 | 55 |
| 1987 | #1,918 | 59 |
| 1986 | #2,620 | 37 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 |
| 1969 | #1,897 | 43 |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 |
| 1966 | #1,586 | 50 |
| 1965 | #1,292 | 70 |
| 1964 | #1,254 | 77 |
| 1963 | #1,056 | 103 |
| 1962 | #1,283 | 74 |
| 1961 | #1,211 | 83 |
| 1960 | #1,126 | 93 |
| 1959 | #1,079 | 97 |
| 1958 | #1,081 | 94 |
| 1957 | #1,083 | 93 |
| 1956 | #1,002 | 104 |
| 1955 | #1,034 | 94 |
| 1954 | #1,134 | 76 |
| 1953 | #1,199 | 65 |
| 1952 | #1,039 | 82 |
| 1951 | #1,078 | 74 |
| 1950 | #978 | 86 |
| 1949 | #1,088 | 68 |
| 1948 | #919 | 89 |
| 1947 | #1,021 | 75 |
| 1946 | #953 | 76 |
| 1945 | #1,100 | 51 |
| 1944 | #1,017 | 59 |
| 1943 | #944 | 69 |
| 1942 | #997 | 61 |
| 1941 | #961 | 58 |
| 1940 | #887 | 65 |
| 1939 | #974 | 53 |
| 1938 | #811 | 75 |
| 1937 | #778 | 77 |
| 1936 | #702 | 90 |
| 1935 | #664 | 99 |
| 1934 | #693 | 93 |
| 1933 | #624 | 109 |
| 1932 | #712 | 91 |
| 1931 | #684 | 95 |
| 1930 | #699 | 97 |
| 1929 | #728 | 92 |
| 1928 | #765 | 87 |
| 1927 | #629 | 129 |
| 1926 | #790 | 84 |
| 1925 | #779 | 90 |
| 1924 | #822 | 82 |
| 1923 | #885 | 69 |
| 1922 | #939 | 62 |
| 1921 | #862 | 73 |
| 1920 | #1,132 | 44 |
| 1919 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1918 | #1,234 | 37 |
| 1917 | #1,183 | 37 |
| 1916 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Darline! It came in at #1,594, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1904, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Darline is popular in 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#580 · 1 in 6,099
- Michigan#616 · 1 in 11,586
- Illinois#711 · 1 in 13,964
- Pennsylvania#787 · 1 in 20,763
- California#977 · 1 in 18,571
Best ever in a state: #150 in Nebraska, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #580 | 15 | 1 in 6,099 |
| Michigan | #616 | 6 | 1 in 11,586 |
| Illinois | #711 | 6 | 1 in 13,964 |
| Pennsylvania | #787 | 5 | 1 in 20,763 |
| California | #977 | 6 | 1 in 18,571 |
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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 Darline
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 270 spots in 1921 (#1,132 → #862)
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1949 (#919 → #1,088)
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1933 at #624 (109 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1921–1943
- Highest: 1 in 9,244 girls born in 1927 were named Darline (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #624 in 1933, was only 1 in 9,247 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.4% of all girls named Darline (879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 30 | #1,594 (1902) | #1,740 |
| 1910s | 244 | #1,183 (1917) | #1,366 |
| 1920s | 812 | #629 (1927) | #833 |
| 1930s | 879 | #624 (1933) | #734 |
| 1940s | 671 | #887 (1940) | #989 |
| 1950s | 865 | #978 (1950) | #1,071 |
| 1960s | 680 | #1,056 (1963) | #1,424 |
| 1970s | 231 | #1,966 (1971) | #3,495 |
| 1980s | 302 | #1,918 (1987) | #3,697 |
| 1990s | 178 | #4,003 (1990) | #5,839 |
| 2000s | 103 | #6,619 (2001) | #10,465 |
| 2010s | 44 | #12,276 (2010) | #14,332 |
| 2020s | 11 | #13,477 (2024) | #14,283 |
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.
Darline in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 19,078 of them was named Darline, which outranked 84.8% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).