Darshini — girls' name
16 babies named Darshini in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Darshini was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Darshini in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darshini
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Darshini between 1984 and 2019, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darshini currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darshini performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Darshini shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darshini 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 16 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.
Darshini at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darshini popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1984
- Peak year (1984)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
16 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 6 births in a single year.
Darshini by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 6 births that decade — 38% of Darshini's all-time total
Darshini decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Darshini's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1984–2019 (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.