Darlena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Darlena

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,536 babies named Darlena between 1920 and 2015, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darlena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darlena performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 412 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Darlena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Darlena in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darlena 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 1,536 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.