Darling — #3325 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Darling

The Social Security Administration has registered 998 babies named Darling between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darling currently holds the #3325 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darling performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 228 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Darling shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 166 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Darling in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darling 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 998 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.