Darilyn — girls' name
632 babies named Darilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Darilyn was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Darilyn in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darilyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 632 babies named Darilyn between 1938 and 2016, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darilyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darilyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Darilyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Darilyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darilyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 632 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Darilyn at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1938
- Peak year (1959)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
632 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 24 births in a single year.
Darilyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 182 births that decade — 29% of Darilyn's all-time total
Darilyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 182 births
- Runner-up 107 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Darilyn's strongest decade
182 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Darilyn by state
Where Darilyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 0.9% |
6 of 632 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1938–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.