Darlyn — #4195 US girls' name
2,032 babies named Darlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Darlyn was born in this single decade.
61 babies were named Darlyn in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,032 babies named Darlyn between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darlyn currently holds the #4195 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 61 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darlyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 384 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Darlyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 412 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Darlyn in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darlyn 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 2,032 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.
Darlyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Darlyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1926
- Peak year (2021)
- 61
- Annual births at peak — across 99 years of records
Currently ranks #4195 among girls.
2,032 total births across 99 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 61 births in a single year.
Darlyn popularity over time — boys
33 total births recorded since 1964 (Darlyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Darlyn accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Darlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 384 births that decade — 19% of Darlyn's all-time total
Darlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 384 births
- Runner-up 335 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Darlyn's strongest decade
384 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Darlyn by state
Where Darlyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1926
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 412 | 20.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 69 | 3.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 33 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 17 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 12 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Florida | | 6 | 0.3% |
412 of 2,032 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 20.3% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
- New York 1.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1926–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.