Darlene
#207 most common girls' name of all time · #392 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1896–2025
Rank among girls
#207
Rank overall
#392 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
205,546
Since 2016
1,196
Peak year
1958 #49
Best rank
#49 1958
Girls
Boys
peak 8,307/yr
Darlene first appears in 1896. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,845 |
| 2024 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,779 |
| 2023 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,854 |
| 2022 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,874 |
| 2021 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,912 |
| 2020 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,793 |
| 2019 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,708 |
| 2018 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,598 |
| 2017 | 146 | — | 146 | #1,516 |
| 2016 | 144 | — | 144 | #1,551 |
| 2015 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,441 |
| 2014 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,363 |
| 2013 | 187 | — | 187 | #1,269 |
| 2012 | 217 | — | 217 | #1,133 |
| 2011 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,226 |
| 2010 | 208 | — | 208 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 215 | — | 215 | #1,168 |
| 2008 | 236 | — | 236 | #1,100 |
| 2007 | 223 | — | 223 | #1,148 |
| 2006 | 244 | — | 244 | #1,053 |
| 2005 | 225 | — | 225 | #1,061 |
| 2004 | 236 | — | 236 | #998 |
| 2003 | 203 | — | 203 | #1,086 |
| 2002 | 251 | — | 251 | #894 |
| 2001 | 266 | — | 266 | #857 |
| 2000 | 273 | — | 273 | #825 |
| 1999 | 224 | — | 224 | #937 |
| 1998 | 256 | — | 256 | #831 |
| 1997 | 249 | — | 249 | #832 |
| 1996 | 283 | — | 283 | #745 |
| 1995 | 272 | — | 272 | #750 |
| 1994 | 344 | — | 344 | #636 |
| 1993 | 370 | — | 370 | #617 |
| 1992 | 378 | — | 378 | #601 |
| 1991 | 466 | — | 466 | #506 |
| 1990 | 506 | — | 506 | #483 |
| 1989 | 477 | 7 | 484 | #493 |
| 1988 | 482 | — | 482 | #468 |
| 1987 | 441 | — | 441 | #491 |
| 1986 | 451 | — | 451 | #476 |
| 1985 | 471 | — | 471 | #456 |
| 1984 | 459 | — | 459 | #452 |
| 1983 | 527 | — | 527 | #408 |
| 1982 | 584 | — | 584 | #396 |
| 1981 | 639 | — | 639 | #367 |
| 1980 | 653 | — | 653 | #362 |
| 1979 | 667 | — | 667 | #348 |
| 1978 | 718 | — | 718 | #319 |
| 1977 | 772 | — | 772 | #308 |
| 1976 | 827 | 5 | 832 | #279 |
| 1975 | 905 | 10 | 915 | #265 |
| 1974 | 1,019 | — | 1,019 | #251 |
| 1973 | 1,161 | 6 | 1,167 | #216 |
| 1972 | 1,416 | 9 | 1,425 | #199 |
| 1971 | 1,824 | 7 | 1,831 | #170 |
| 1970 | 2,175 | 11 | 2,186 | #155 |
| 1969 | 2,460 | 6 | 2,466 | #137 |
| 1968 | 2,658 | 13 | 2,671 | #121 |
| 1967 | 3,069 | 15 | 3,084 | #111 |
| 1966 | 3,728 | 14 | 3,742 | #94 |
| 1965 | 4,356 | 21 | 4,377 | #83 |
| 1964 | 5,175 | 20 | 5,195 | #80 |
| 1963 | 5,153 | 12 | 5,165 | #85 |
| 1962 | 5,107 | 15 | 5,122 | #89 |
| 1961 | 5,728 | 17 | 5,745 | #80 |
| 1960 | 6,093 | 17 | 6,110 | #75 |
| 1959 | 6,876 | 21 | 6,897 | #66 |
| 1958 | 8,278 | 29 | 8,307 | #49 |
| 1957 | 7,784 | 14 | 7,798 | #57 |
| 1956 | 6,919 | 19 | 6,938 | #71 |
| 1955 | 5,641 | 10 | 5,651 | #76 |
| 1954 | 5,510 | 10 | 5,520 | #76 |
| 1953 | 5,591 | 10 | 5,601 | #75 |
| 1952 | 5,427 | 8 | 5,435 | #77 |
| 1951 | 5,030 | 6 | 5,036 | #79 |
| 1950 | 4,830 | 11 | 4,841 | #79 |
| 1949 | 4,799 | 9 | 4,808 | #75 |
| 1948 | 4,692 | 8 | 4,700 | #77 |
| 1947 | 5,255 | 14 | 5,269 | #71 |
| 1946 | 4,662 | 14 | 4,676 | #71 |
| 1945 | 3,626 | 18 | 3,644 | #71 |
| 1944 | 3,532 | 13 | 3,545 | #76 |
| 1943 | 3,774 | 12 | 3,786 | #73 |
| 1942 | 3,517 | 18 | 3,535 | #78 |
| 1941 | 3,344 | 19 | 3,363 | #76 |
| 1940 | 3,120 | 15 | 3,135 | #79 |
| 1939 | 3,287 | 12 | 3,299 | #75 |
| 1938 | 3,321 | 14 | 3,335 | #76 |
| 1937 | 3,285 | 16 | 3,301 | #72 |
| 1936 | 2,962 | 6 | 2,968 | #83 |
| 1935 | 2,703 | 7 | 2,710 | #91 |
| 1934 | 2,605 | 17 | 2,622 | #90 |
| 1933 | 2,408 | 10 | 2,418 | #96 |
| 1932 | 2,020 | 7 | 2,027 | #122 |
| 1931 | 1,822 | 11 | 1,833 | #128 |
| 1930 | 1,543 | 9 | 1,552 | #141 |
| 1929 | 1,302 | — | 1,302 | #160 |
| 1928 | 1,186 | 7 | 1,193 | #176 |
| 1927 | 1,109 | 5 | 1,114 | #185 |
| 1926 | 875 | — | 875 | #212 |
| 1925 | 741 | — | 741 | #242 |
| 1924 | 638 | — | 638 | #260 |
| 1923 | 493 | — | 493 | #291 |
| 1922 | 423 | — | 423 | #315 |
| 1921 | 384 | — | 384 | #336 |
| 1920 | 275 | — | 275 | #398 |
| 1919 | 229 | — | 229 | #436 |
| 1918 | 181 | — | 181 | #509 |
| 1917 | 170 | — | 170 | #509 |
| 1916 | 131 | — | 131 | #588 |
| 1915 | 89 | — | 89 | #711 |
| 1914 | 81 | — | 81 | #646 |
| 1913 | 50 | — | 50 | #746 |
| 1912 | 30 | — | 30 | #937 |
| 1911 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,004 |
| 1910 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,027 |
| 1909 | 18 | — | 18 | #987 |
| 1908 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,130 |
| 1907 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,196 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,878 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,858 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,167 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,422 |
| 1902 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,423 |
| 1901 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,215 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,564 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,778 |