Darla Girl
How popular is Darla?
#941 girl name in 2025
275 baby girls were named Darla in the US in 2025, making it the 941st most popular girl name.
Darla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #941 for girls (▲ 84 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 275 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+117% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,677 in 2015, #1,412 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1963 (2,391 girls) |
| Highest rank | #165 in 1963 |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Darla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Darla family of names ranked #832 for girls in 2025 (#918 the year before), with 281 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Darla | 275 | 98% |
| Darlah | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Darla is most popular
Babies named Darla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (241 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (127 girls)
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Darla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 33 | #1,891 |
| 1930s | 1,206 | #368 |
| 1940s | 4,229 | #303 |
| 1950s | 9,599 | #203 |
| 1960s | 16,340 | #165 |
| 1970s | 5,382 | #299 |
| 1980s | 1,996 | #585 |
| 1990s | 968 | #1,330 |
| 2000s | 1,059 | #1,697 |
| 2010s | 1,588 | #1,271 |
| 2020s | 1,267 | #941 |
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Questions
- Is Darla a boy or girl name?
- Darla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Darla were girls.
- How popular is the name Darla?
- 275 baby girls were named Darla in the US in 2025, making it the 941st most popular girl name.
- When was Darla most popular?
- Darla peaked in 1963, when 2,391 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #165 in 1963.
- How many people are named Darla?
- 43,694 babies have been named Darla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 37,386 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 62.
- Where is Darla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Darla was most common in Arizona, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.