Darley — unisex name

What the Data Says About Darley

The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Darley between 1951 and 2023, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Darley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1936.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darley performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Darley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darley 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 12 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.