Darling
#6,786 most common girls' name of all time · #11,420 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1920–2025
Rank among girls
#6,786
Rank overall
#11,420 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
1,060
Since 2016
319
Peak year
2024 #3,342
Best rank
#3,080 1948
Girls
Boys
peak 52/yr
Darling first appears in 1920. 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 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,307 |
| 2024 | 47 | 5 | 52 | #3,342 |
| 2023 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,292 |
| 2022 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,662 |
| 2021 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,737 |
| 2020 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,024 |
| 2019 | 27 | 5 | 32 | #4,936 |
| 2018 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,051 |
| 2017 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,213 |
| 2016 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2015 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,879 |
| 2014 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,790 |
| 2013 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,515 |
| 2012 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,922 |
| 2011 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,177 |
| 2010 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,264 |
| 2009 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,395 |
| 2008 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,792 |
| 2007 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,356 |
| 2006 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,631 |
| 2005 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,960 |
| 2004 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,456 |
| 2003 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,569 |
| 2002 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,754 |
| 2001 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,846 |
| 2000 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,646 |
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,514 |
| 1998 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,667 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,352 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,449 |
| 1995 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,741 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,376 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,163 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,597 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,301 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,525 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,054 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,392 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,050 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,256 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,694 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,992 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,830 |
| 1982 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,012 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,335 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,341 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,230 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,633 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,536 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,299 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,826 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,832 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,085 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,634 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,329 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,198 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,517 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,378 |
| 1959 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,545 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,680 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,711 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,330 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,473 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,086 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,316 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,794 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,763 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,080 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,872 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,809 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,695 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,642 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,820 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,001 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,860 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,384 |