Girls' name · since 1949
Darletta
Darletta has 103 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1966 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,765 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 103
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Darletta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 103 have been recorded since 1949.
Darletta has 103 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1974.
- #26,765 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 103 born since 1949
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darletta ranks #26,765 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 1949, peaking in the 1960s.
- #26,765 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 103
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Darletta's 103 recorded births place it above 62.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darletta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Darletta's full recorded timeline at 1964, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1966 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Darletta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1974
- Peak year (1966)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Darletta by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (41 births, 40% of the file).
1960s was Darletta's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Darletta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1950s
1950s
38 births
- 1960s
1960s
41 births
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 41 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Darletta's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 1970s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darletta: 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 (~25 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, 1949–1974 (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 Darletta 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.