Girls' name · since 1884
Darthula
Darthula has 64 recorded births since 1884 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1884
- 1910s
- peak decade
64 girls have been named Darthula since 1884, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Darthula has 64 recorded births among girls since 1884, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 1934.
- #32,079 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1884
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darthula ranks #32,079 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1884, peaking in the 1910s.
- #32,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1884
- 1910s
- peak decade
Darthula's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darthula's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Darthula's full recorded timeline at 1915, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1884, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Darthula popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–1934
- Peak year (1920)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Darthula by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (21 births, 33% of the file).
1910s was Darthula's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Darthula births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
10 births
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
21 births
- 1920s
1920s
15 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 21 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Darthula's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 1930s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darthula: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1884–1934 (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 Darthula 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.