Unisex name · since 1982
Darly
Darly has 124 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,730 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,044 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Darly is the #9044 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 124 recorded since 1982.
Darly has 124 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9044 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #24,730 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,044 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 124 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darly ranks #24,730 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,044 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 124 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,730 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,044 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Darly's 124 recorded births place it above 65.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Darly compares
124 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Darly's all-time total is 67% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Darly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 124 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Darly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Darly's full recorded timeline at 2013, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Darly popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Darly popularity over time - boys
104 total births recorded since 1965 (Darly as boys' name)
Darly by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Darly's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Darly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Darly's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Darly 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.