Darlean — girls' name

What the Data Says About Darlean

The Social Security Administration has registered 884 babies named Darlean between 1921 and 1979, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darlean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darlean performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 272 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Darlean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Darlean in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darlean 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 884 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.