Darlys — girls' name

What the Data Says About Darlys

The Social Security Administration has registered 328 babies named Darlys between 1922 and 1965, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darlys currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darlys performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Darlys shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Dakota. In total, SSA state-level files list Darlys in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darlys 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 328 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.