Girls' name · since 1946
Darlinda
Darlinda has 224 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 224
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
Darlinda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 224 have been recorded since 1946.
Darlinda has 224 recorded births among girls since 1946, 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 1946 to 1972.
- #18,660 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 224 born since 1946
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darlinda ranks #18,660 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 224 born since 1946, peaking in the 1960s.
- #18,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 224
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
Darlinda's 224 recorded births place it above 74.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darlinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Darlinda splits its recorded history at 1959: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1947 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Darlinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1972
- Peak year (1960)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Darlinda by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (99 births, 44% of the file).
1960s was Darlinda's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Darlinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 25
1940s
25 births
- 1950s
1950s
89 births
- 1960s
1960s
99 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 99 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Darlinda's decade-level peak was the 1960s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darlinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1946–1972 (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 Darlinda 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.