Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Darlyn

#4,347 most common girls' name of all time · #7,395 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1926–2025

Rank among girls
#4,347
Rank overall
#7,395 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
2,097
Since 2016
440
Peak year
2006 #3,188
Best rank
#1,643 1946
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
19401960198020002020

Darlyn first appears in 1926. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 32 — 32 #4,376
2024 34 — 34 #4,216
2023 50 — 50 #3,236
2022 45 — 45 #3,481
2021 61 — 61 #2,788
2020 44 7 51 #3,468
2019 50 — 50 #3,187
2018 39 5 44 #3,803
2017 38 — 38 #3,938
2016 35 — 35 #4,181
2015 23 — 23 #5,685
2014 35 — 35 #4,193
2013 32 — 32 #4,444
2012 37 — 37 #4,056
2011 48 — 48 #3,360
2010 47 — 47 #3,423
2009 40 — 40 #3,890
2008 45 — 45 #3,595
2007 39 — 39 #3,995
2006 52 9 61 #3,188
2005 27 — 27 #4,852
2004 37 — 37 #3,839
2003 21 — 21 #5,627
2002 27 — 27 #4,523
2001 15 — 15 #7,022
2000 32 6 38 #3,907
1999 16 — 16 #6,240
1998 7 — 7 #11,305
1997 10 — 10 #8,441
1996 19 — 19 #5,114
1995 16 — 16 #5,750
1994 17 — 17 #5,504
1993 31 — 31 #3,523
1992 24 — 24 #4,268
1991 26 — 26 #3,956
1990 18 — 18 #5,107
1989 10 — 10 #7,559
1988 5 — 5 #12,119
1987 14 — 14 #5,390
1986 9 — 9 #7,277
1985 11 — 11 #6,128
1984 11 — 11 #6,006
1983 7 — 7 #8,227
1982 10 — 10 #6,471
1981 8 — 8 #7,574
1980 8 — 8 #7,587
1979 7 — 7 #8,251
1978 6 — 6 #8,792
1977 6 — 6 #8,700
1976 7 — 7 #7,493
1975 7 — 7 #7,362
1974 9 — 9 #5,896
1973 5 — 5 #8,744
1972 5 — 5 #8,597
1970 21 — 21 #3,150
1969 6 — 6 #6,891
1968 16 — 16 #3,381
1967 15 — 15 #3,409
1966 23 — 23 #2,551
1965 15 — 15 #3,330
1964 17 6 23 #3,167
1963 16 — 16 #3,250
1962 15 — 15 #3,367
1961 19 — 19 #2,893
1960 23 — 23 #2,553
1959 20 — 20 #2,646
1958 27 — 27 #2,198
1957 26 — 26 #2,198
1956 20 — 20 #2,586
1955 31 — 31 #1,930
1954 27 — 27 #2,057
1953 21 — 21 #2,345
1952 20 — 20 #2,386
1951 15 — 15 #2,777
1950 26 — 26 #1,900
1949 26 — 26 #1,908
1948 18 — 18 #2,396
1947 29 — 29 #1,816
1946 30 — 30 #1,643
1945 20 — 20 #1,930
1944 22 — 22 #1,858
1943 16 — 16 #2,338
1942 11 — 11 #2,956
1941 13 — 13 #2,518
1940 15 — 15 #2,200
1939 16 — 16 #2,119
1938 16 — 16 #2,107
1937 18 — 18 #1,908
1936 17 — 17 #1,944
1935 7 — 7 #3,706
1934 13 — 13 #2,418
1933 8 — 8 #3,390
1932 9 — 9 #3,259
1931 10 — 10 #2,968
1928 5 — 5 #5,335
1927 5 — 5 #5,487
1926 7 — 7 #4,293