Darlene
Darlene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 111 births. Its best rank was 49th, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1110.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19588,279 births
- Best rank
- #49in 1958
- Since 1896
- 204,832people given the name
The story in the numbers
204,832 girls have been named Darlene in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 8,279 births — 0.41% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 111 births in 2024, against 8,279 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 30%. It has spent 94 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 34 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Darlene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | |
| 1900s | 92 | |
| 1910s | 1,000 | |
| 1920s | 7,426 | |
| 1930s | 25,956 | |
| 1940s | 40,321 | |
| 1950s | 61,886 | |
| 1960s | 43,527 | |
| 1970s | 11,485 | |
| 1980s | 5,184 | |
| 1990s | 3,348 | |
| 2000s | 2,371 | |
| 2010s | 1,685 | |
| 2020s | 540 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Darlene was the 49th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1958 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Darlene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mariannepeak 1957
- Mariannpeak 1957
- Donnapeak 1959
- Noreenpeak 1948
- Joettapeak 1954
- Louannepeak 1953
- Shirleenpeak 1948
- Janetpeak 1954
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.