Darleen
Darleen was given to 10 girls in 2025, #9,604 among girls’ names; 8,332 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,180 Americans named Darleen and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 55 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Darleen by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Darleen mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Darleen is “a female given name, variant of Darlene.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Darleen?
#9,604 among girls’ names, 2025
Darleen fell from #7,721 in 2015 to #9,604 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 8.4 to 6.2 per million.
231 babies in 1958, the peak
Darleen peaked in 1958, when 231 girls were given it, #651 among girls’ names. The 10 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,604 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,475 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,431 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,650 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,732 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 13 | #8,075 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,193 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,313 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,644 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,479 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15 | #7,721 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,397 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,126 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,864 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,412 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,462 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,749 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,473 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,380 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,187 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,604 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,857 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,369 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,948 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,870 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,683 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,941 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,792 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,942 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,812 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,374 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,270 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,019 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,562 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,722 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,269 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,904 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,917 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,767 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,382 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,437 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,535 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,723 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,782 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,939 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,026 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,118 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,753 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,265 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,494 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,143 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 53 | #1,713 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,626 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,657 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 76 | #1,395 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 76 | #1,371 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 95 | #1,141 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 84 | #1,179 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 114 | #952 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 120 | #922 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 132 | #871 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 146 | #861 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 132 | #915 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 158 | #838 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 185 | #771 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 152 | #838 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 185 | #748 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 231 | #651 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 193 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 167 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 151 | #783 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 122 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 146 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 139 | #754 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 162 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 171 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1949 | 200 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1948 | 193 | #601 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 208 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1946 | 209 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1945 | 169 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1944 | 158 | #582 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 227 | #494 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 166 | #572 | 0.12 |
| 1941 | 177 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 135 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1939 | 150 | #546 | 0.14 |
| 1938 | 155 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1937 | 119 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 112 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1935 | 99 | #669 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 96 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 110 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 109 | #640 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 107 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 124 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 112 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 120 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 125 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 91 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 102 | #729 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 71 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 59 | #968 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 65 | #909 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,261 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,559 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,092 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,419 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 17 | #2,014 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,049 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,508 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,280 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Darleen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Darleen has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 112 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Darleen: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Darleen, and how old are they?
5,180 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 8,332 Americans ever recorded as Darleen. The median Darleen alive today is 67 years old; half are between 55 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 5,799 people named Darleen (5,789 women and girls, 10 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,857 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 804 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,500 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 979 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 334 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 335 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 214 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Darleen born?
The states with the most babies named Darleen are California, New York and Michigan, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,077 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| New York | 725 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 393 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Wisconsin | 299 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Minnesota | 289 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 269 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 263 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 220 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Massachusetts | 214 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 187 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Darleen is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Darleen is most over-represented in Nebraska: since 1914 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Darleen with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 13,020 babies since 1880, Darleen is the most given (64% of them). In 2025 it was given to 10 of their 91 babies (11%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Darleen
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Darleen and names like it
- Compare Darleen and DarlynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sDarleen peaked in 1958.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Darleen since 1910.
- The top names of 1958The year the most babies were named Darleen.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Darleen alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.