Darleen — #10315 US girls' name
8,322 babies named Darleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Darleen was born in this single decade.
231 babies were named Darleen in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 8,322 babies named Darleen between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darleen currently holds the #10315 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 231 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darleen performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 1,842 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Darleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,077 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Darleen in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darleen 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 8,322 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.
Darleen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Darleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1958)
- 231
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #10315 among girls.
8,322 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 231 births in a single year.
Darleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 1,842 births that decade — 22% of Darleen's all-time total
Darleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,842 births
- Runner-up 1,667 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Darleen's strongest decade
1,842 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Darleen by state
Where Darleen concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,077 | 12.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 725 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 393 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Wisconsin | | 299 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 289 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 269 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 263 | 3.2% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 220 | 2.6% |
1,077 of 8,322 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.9% of nationwide
- New York 8.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.7% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 3.6% of nationwide
- Minnesota 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 39 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Darleen appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1914–2024 (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.