Darline — #13487 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Darline

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,050 babies named Darline between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darline currently holds the #13487 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 129 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darline performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 879 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Darline shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 482 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Darline in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darline 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 5,050 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.