Darnley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Darnley

The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Darnley between 1919 and 1919, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darnley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1919. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 5 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darnley performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Darnley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darnley 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 5 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.