Darlene Girl
How popular is Darlene?
#1,844 girl name in 2025
108 baby girls were named Darlene in the US in 2025, making it the 1844th most popular girl name.
Darlene popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,844 for girls (▼ 65 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 108 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,437 in 2015, #1,792 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1958 (8,278 girls) |
| Highest rank | #49 in 1958 |
| First recorded | 1896 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Darlene counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Darlene family of names ranked #1,059 for girls in 2025 (#1,096 the year before), with 186 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Darlene | 108 | 58% |
| Darlyn | 32 | 17% |
| Darlin | 35 | 19% |
| Darlynn | 5 | 3% |
| Darelyn | 6 | 3% |
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 Darlene is most popular
Babies named Darlene per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (170 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Darlene by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,393 |
| 1900s | 92 | #961 |
| 1910s | 1,000 | #435 |
| 1920s | 7,426 | #160 |
| 1930s | 25,956 | #72 |
| 1940s | 40,321 | #71 |
| 1950s | 61,886 | #49 |
| 1960s | 43,527 | #75 |
| 1970s | 11,484 | #155 |
| 1980s | 5,184 | #362 |
| 1990s | 3,348 | #482 |
| 2000s | 2,372 | #825 |
| 2010s | 1,685 | #1,132 |
| 2020s | 650 | #1,779 |
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Questions
- Is Darlene a boy or girl name?
- Darlene is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Darlene were girls.
- How popular is the name Darlene?
- 108 baby girls were named Darlene in the US in 2025, making it the 1844th most popular girl name.
- When was Darlene most popular?
- Darlene peaked in 1958, when 8,278 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #49 in 1958.
- How many people are named Darlene?
- 205,546 babies have been named Darlene in the US since 1880. We estimate about 146,221 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 68.
- Where is Darlene most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Darlene was most common in California, at 0.2 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.