Darlena
Darlena is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 196453 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1920
- 1,536people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,536 girls have been named Darlena in the United States since 1920, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 53 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 53 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1960s alone account for 27%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Darlena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | |
| 1930s | 81 | |
| 1940s | 194 | |
| 1950s | 331 | |
| 1960s | 412 | |
| 1970s | 209 | |
| 1980s | 147 | |
| 1990s | 105 | |
| 2000s | 34 | |
| 2010s | 13 |
In 1964, its biggest year
Darlena was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1964 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Darlena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Joellenpeak 1960
- Donettapeak 1956
- Julenepeak 1958
- Gerripeak 1958
- Jacqulinepeak 1964
- Lenettepeak 1960
- Maribethpeak 1957
- Geripeak 1958
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.