Darlinda — girls' name
224 babies named Darlinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Darlinda was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Darlinda in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darlinda
The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Darlinda between 1946 and 1972, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darlinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darlinda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Darlinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darlinda 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 224 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.
Darlinda at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darlinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1946
- Peak year (1960)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
224 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 17 births in a single year.
Darlinda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 99 births that decade — 44% of Darlinda's all-time total
Darlinda decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Darlinda's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.