Darolyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Darolyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 283 babies named Darolyn between 1938 and 2014, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darolyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darolyn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Darolyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Darolyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darolyn 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 283 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.