Darnetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Darnetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 433 babies named Darnetta between 1948 and 1996, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darnetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darnetta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Darnetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Darnetta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darnetta 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 433 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.