Girls' name · since 1940
Darene
Darene has 137 recorded births since 1940 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1940
- 1950s
- peak decade
Darene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 137 recorded since 1940.
Darene has 137 recorded births among girls since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 1968.
- #23,694 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 137 born since 1940
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darene ranks #23,694 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1940, peaking in the 1950s.
- #23,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1940
- 1950s
- peak decade
Darene's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Darene's full recorded timeline at 1956, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1940, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Darene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1968
- Peak year (1957)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Darene by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (80 births, 58% of the file).
1950s was Darene's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Darene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s
1950s
80 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 80 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Darene's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 1960s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1940–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Darene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.