Darnice — girls' name
157 babies named Darnice in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Darnice was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Darnice in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darnice
The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Darnice between 1952 and 1992, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darnice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darnice performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Darnice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darnice 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 157 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.
Darnice at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darnice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1952
- Peak year (1958)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
157 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 18 births in a single year.
Darnice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 81 births that decade — 52% of Darnice's all-time total
Darnice decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Darnice's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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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, 1952–1992 (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.