Darlane — girls' name
30 babies named Darlane in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Darlane was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Darlane in 1946 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darlane
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Darlane between 1946 and 1963, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darlane currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darlane performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Darlane shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darlane 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 30 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.
Darlane at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darlane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1946
- Peak year (1946)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
30 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1946 with 7 births in a single year.
Darlane by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 17 births that decade — 57% of Darlane's all-time total
Darlane decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Darlane's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 1946–1963 (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.