Darlene — #1802 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Darlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 204,832 babies named Darlene between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darlene currently holds the #1802 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 8,279 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darlene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 61,886 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Darlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18,900 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Darlene in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darlene 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 204,832 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.