Girls' name · since 1971
Darshana
Darshana has 97 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,309 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Darshana is the #15309 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 97 recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Darshana recorded 97 times among girls since 1971, holding rank #15309 nationally today, ahead of 11% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #27,411 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,309 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 97 born since 1971
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darshana ranks #27,411 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,309 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 97 born since 1971, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,309 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Darshana's 97 recorded births place it above 61.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Darshana compares
97 24th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Darshana's all-time total is 74% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Darshana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 97 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Darshana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Darshana's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Darshana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Darshana by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 28% of the file).
2020s was Darshana's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Darshana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (28% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darshana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Darshana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.