Darlena
Darlena was last recorded in 2015, when 5 babies were given it; 1,536 Americans have been recorded with it between 1920 and 2015 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,240 Americans named Darlena and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 48 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Darlena by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Darlena mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Darlena 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 Darlena?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #17,096, in 2015; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
53 babies in 1964, the peak
Darlena peaked in 1964, when 53 girls were given it, #1,561 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #17,096 | 2.8 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,494 | 4.5 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,201 | 2.6 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,344 | 3.8 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,376 | 2.7 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,258 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,086 | 5.0 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,364 | 6.2 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,407 | 4.0 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,789 | 4.6 |
Every recorded year (77)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 10 | #8,231 | 5.7 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,769 | 4.5 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,863 | 11.1 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,731 | 7.1 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,221 | 9.6 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,019 | 5.3 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,094 | 9.2 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,749 | 6.2 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,663 | 7.5 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,256 | 6.4 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,121 | 6.4 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,527 | 9.5 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,905 | 6.6 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,620 | 7.1 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,887 | 12.0 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,344 | 15.1 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,079 | 11.2 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,109 | 11.1 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,095 | 16.3 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,996 | 10.9 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,914 | 8.2 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,729 | 11.6 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,512 | 12.3 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,583 | 11.2 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,184 | 22.2 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,365 | 18.3 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,840 | 26.7 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,984 | 22.6 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,507 | 14.5 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,990 | 20.1 |
| 1965 | 34 | #2,003 | 19.3 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,561 | 28.0 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,566 | 27.0 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,578 | 25.9 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,748 | 21.3 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,814 | 19.3 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,675 | 21.3 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,529 | 24.4 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,875 | 16.6 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,764 | 17.9 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,672 | 19.4 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,707 | 18.5 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,083 | 13.3 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,511 | 9.7 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,891 | 15.0 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,917 | 14.6 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,022 | 13.4 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,714 | 17.7 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,957 | 14.1 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,334 | 10.8 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,165 | 12.2 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,710 | 18.1 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,167 | 12.2 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,448 | 10.4 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,426 | 10.8 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,125 | 13.1 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,625 | 10.0 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,618 | 10.0 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,985 | 8.5 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,843 | 5.7 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,779 | 9.6 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,170 | 7.9 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,097 | 8.4 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,027 | 8.5 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,408 | 7.1 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,285 | 4.1 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,146 | 4.2 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Darlena a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Darlena has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 77 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Darlena: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Darlena, and how old are they?
1,240 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 1,536 Americans ever recorded as Darlena. The median Darlena alive today is 61 years old; half are between 48 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 1,305 people named Darlena (1,302 women and girls, 3 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,324 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 | 68 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 528 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 376 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 203 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 59 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5 |
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 214,109 babies since 1880, Darlena is the third most given (<1% of them). In 2025 none of their 119 babies recorded by SSA was a Darlena (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Darlena
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 Darlena and names like it
- Compare Darlena and DarleneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sDarlena peaked in 1964.
- West Virginia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Darlena since 1910.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Darlena.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Darlena alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.