Darline
Darline was last recorded in 2024, when 6 babies were given it; 5,050 Americans have been recorded with it between 1902 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,700 Americans named Darline and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 50 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Darline by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Darline mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Darline is “a female given name, variant of Darlene”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Darline?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #13,891, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
129 babies in 1927, the peak
Darline peaked in 1927, when 129 girls were given it, #629 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,891 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,687 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,274 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,475 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,419 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,518 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,842 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,430 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,566 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,059 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 9 | #11,830 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,275 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,849 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,102 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,091 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,647 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,141 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,692 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,152 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,579 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,655 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,565 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,843 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,710 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,067 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,344 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,110 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,228 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 25 | #4,030 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 55 | #2,196 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,093 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,923 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,632 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,122 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 14 | #5,008 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,147 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,204 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,643 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,302 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,458 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,281 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,644 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,675 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,195 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,584 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,141 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,235 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,977 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,088 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,903 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,838 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,710 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,588 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 70 | #1,292 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 77 | #1,256 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 103 | #1,057 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 74 | #1,287 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 83 | #1,210 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 93 | #1,125 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 97 | #1,079 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 94 | #1,081 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 93 | #1,084 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 104 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 94 | #1,033 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 76 | #1,133 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 65 | #1,198 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 82 | #1,041 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 74 | #1,077 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 86 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 68 | #1,090 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 89 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 75 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 76 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 51 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 59 | #1,019 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 69 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 61 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 58 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 65 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 53 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 75 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 77 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 90 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 99 | #670 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 93 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 109 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 91 | #713 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 95 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 97 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 92 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 87 | #766 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 129 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 84 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 90 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 82 | #823 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 69 | #885 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 62 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 73 | #863 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,220 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,186 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,285 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,615 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,480 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,366 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,565 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,546 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,909 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,878 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,756 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,644 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Darline a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Darline has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 114 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Darline: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Darline, and how old are they?
2,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 53% of the 5,050 Americans ever recorded as Darline. The median Darline alive today is 65 years old; half are between 50 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 3,291 people named Darline (3,281 women and girls, 10 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,122 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 374 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,250 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 453 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 421 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 155 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 35 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Darline born?
The states with the most babies named Darline are California, Texas and Missouri, with 46% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Missouri is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 482 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Texas | 272 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 175 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 150 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Iowa | 135 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Nebraska | 104 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| New York | 100 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 99 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Kansas | 76 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Minnesota | 57 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Darline is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Darline is most over-represented in Nebraska: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Darline with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 214,109 babies since 1880, Darline is the second most given (2.4% of them). In 2025 none of their 119 babies recorded by SSA was a Darline (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Darline
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Darline and names like it
- Compare Darline and DarleneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sDarline peaked in 1927.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Darline since 1910.
- The top names of 1927The year the most babies were named Darline.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Darline alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.