Boys' name · since 2020
Darlens
32 babies named Darlens in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,347 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,534 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Darlens currently ranks #10534 among boys' names in America, with 32 babies recorded since 2020.
Social Security Administration records show Darlens recorded 32 times among boys since 2020, holding rank #10534 nationally today, ahead of 24% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- #25,347 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,534 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 32 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darlens ranks #25,347 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,534 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 32 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,347 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,534 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Darlens's 32 recorded births place it above 43.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Darlens compares
32 12th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Darlens's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Darlens | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 32 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Darlens's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Darlens's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Darlens popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Darlens by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Darlens's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Darlens births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darlens: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2020–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Darlens draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.