Darlyn
- #4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births
- Last seen for boys in 2020 at #9,554
- Given to girls 98.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 30 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,064since 1926
Darlyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Darlyn has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,352 | 32 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,207 | 34 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,225 | 50 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,470 | 45 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,784 | 61 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,450 | 44 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #3,172 | 50 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,789 | 39 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #3,919 | 38 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,178 | 35 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,350 | 48 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,409 | 47 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,584 | 45 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,983 | 39 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #4,828 | 27 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,871 | 26 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
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| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1926
The first year at least five girls were named Darlyn! It came in at #3,873, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1927–1930, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Darlyn 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
- California#2,276 · 1 in 20,216
- Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108
Best ever in a state: #525 in California, 1936.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #2,276 | 8 | 1 in 20,216 |
| Texas | #3,285 | 5 | 1 in 32,108 |
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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 Darlyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 902 spots since 2020 (#3,450 → #4,352)
- 1,301 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #4,352)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1926
- Peaked 1946 at #1,617 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 5 yrs 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 26,899
- Highest: 1 in 26,899 girls born in 2021 were named Darlyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,617 in 1946, was only 1 in 52,377 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 18.6% of all girls named Darlyn (384) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 17 | #3,873 (1926) | #4,468 |
| 1930s | 114 | #1,845 (1937) | #2,489 |
| 1940s | 200 | #1,617 (1946) | #2,087 |
| 1950s | 233 | #1,871 (1950) | #2,259 |
| 1960s | 165 | #2,512 (1960) | #3,398 |
| 1970s | 73 | #3,110 (1970) | #7,237 |
| 1980s | 93 | #5,312 (1987) | #7,287 |
| 1990s | 184 | #3,506 (1993) | #5,859 |
| 2000s | 335 | #3,176 (2006) | #4,419 |
| 2010s | 384 | #3,172 (2019) | #4,010 |
| 2020s | 266 | #2,784 (2021) | #3,581 |
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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