Darlah — girls' name
62 babies named Darlah in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Darlah was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Darlah in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darlah
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Darlah between 1956 and 2023, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darlah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darlah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Darlah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Darlah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darlah 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 62 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.
Darlah at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darlah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1956
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
62 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 11 births in a single year.
Darlah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 35 births that decade — 56% of Darlah's all-time total
Darlah decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Darlah's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Darlah by state
Where Darlah concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 21.0% |
13 of 62 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 21.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 21.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1956–2023 (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.