Darla
#941 for girls in 2025, 275 births · Last seen for boys in 1970 at #4,724
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1963 · 2,391 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 43,667since 1924
Darla over time
Rank among girls' names. Darla has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #941 | 275 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,025 | 246 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,202 | 199 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,190 | 202 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,236 | 190 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,412 | 155 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,366 | 165 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,271 | 181 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,416 | 161 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,294 | 185 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,677 | 127 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,416 | 161 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,470 | 151 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,346 | 174 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,531 | 143 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,569 | 140 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,733 | 126 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,740 | 127 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,940 | 106 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,186 | 88 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,855 | 104 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,756 | 109 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,786 | 105 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,934 | 91 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,700 | 106 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,791 | 97 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,844 | 86 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,709 | 93 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,606 | 99 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,519 | 105 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,370 | 120 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,059 | 67 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,865 | 76 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,704 | 88 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,407 | 114 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,334 | 120 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,326 | 117 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,066 | 148 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,075 | 142 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,093 | 136 | — | |
| 1985 | #901 | 176 | — | |
| 1984 | #806 | 197 | — | |
| 1983 | #745 | 219 | — | |
| 1982 | #679 | 259 | — | |
| 1981 | #628 | 287 | — | |
| 1980 | #585 | 315 | — | |
| 1979 | #583 | 313 | — | |
| 1978 | #538 | 333 | — | |
| 1977 | #532 | 341 | — | |
| 1976 | #481 | 382 | — | |
| 1975 | #460 | 409 | — | |
| 1974 | #407 | 493 | — | |
| 1973 | #375 | 559 | — | |
| 1972 | #331 | 692 | — | |
| 1971 | #305 | 895 | — | |
| 1970 | #299 | 965 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #271 | 1,058 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #240 | 1,152 | — | |
| 1967 | #230 | 1,265 | — | |
| 1966 | #211 | 1,445 | — | |
| 1965 | #208 | 1,581 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #185 | 2,044 | — | |
| 1963 | #165 | 2,391 | — | |
| 1962 | #190 | 1,964 | — | |
| 1961 | #203 | 1,717 | — | |
| 1960 | #202 | 1,723 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #203 | 1,672 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #223 | 1,355 | — | |
| 1957 | #230 | 1,334 | — | |
| 1956 | #237 | 1,209 | — | |
| 1955 | #292 | 877 | — | |
| 1954 | #318 | 700 | — | |
| 1953 | #324 | 645 | — | |
| 1952 | #328 | 623 | — | |
| 1951 | #319 | 617 | — | |
| 1950 | #323 | 567 | — | |
| 1949 | #345 | 502 | — | |
| 1948 | #372 | 450 | — | |
| 1947 | #347 | 528 | — | |
| 1946 | #303 | 592 | — | |
| 1945 | #408 | 303 | — | |
| 1944 | #397 | 318 | — | |
| 1943 | #378 | 365 | — | |
| 1942 | #346 | 409 | — | |
| 1941 | #326 | 406 | — | |
| 1940 | #339 | 356 | — | |
| 1939 | #368 | 318 | — | |
| 1938 | #428 | 244 | — | |
| 1937 | #480 | 185 | — | |
| 1936 | #410 | 246 | — | |
| 1935 | #672 | 98 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,344 | 29 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Darla! It came in at #4,002, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1926–1928, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Darla is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#70 · 1 in 304
- South Dakota#81 · 1 in 302
- Idaho#88 · 1 in 293
- North Dakota#91 · 1 in 299
- Arkansas#113 · 1 in 482
Best ever in a state: #40 in South Dakota, 1963.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #70 | 56 | 1 in 304 |
| South Dakota | #81 | 17 | 1 in 302 |
| Idaho | #88 | 16 | 1 in 293 |
| North Dakota | #91 | 17 | 1 in 299 |
| Arkansas | #113 | 31 | 1 in 482 |
| Nevada | #115 | 8 | 1 in 389 |
| Montana | #123 | 12 | 1 in 405 |
| West Virginia | #123 | 24 | 1 in 565 |
| Texas | #126 | 180 | 1 in 533 |
| Iowa | #127 | 42 | 1 in 527 |
| Indiana | #130 | 71 | 1 in 605 |
| Minnesota | #133 | 56 | 1 in 561 |
| Oregon | #133 | 25 | 1 in 539 |
| Kansas | #135 | 28 | 1 in 550 |
| Missouri | #137 | 56 | 1 in 650 |
| Colorado | #139 | 27 | 1 in 589 |
| Ohio | #141 | 129 | 1 in 682 |
| Washington | #147 | 36 | 1 in 616 |
| Pennsylvania | #175 | 99 | 1 in 939 |
| Kentucky | #178 | 29 | 1 in 924 |
| New Mexico | #181 | 13 | 1 in 745 |
| Louisiana | #193 | 36 | 1 in 928 |
| Tennessee | #197 | 30 | 1 in 1,067 |
| Illinois | #201 | 82 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Wisconsin | #207 | 29 | 1 in 1,263 |
| California | #211 | 159 | 1 in 1,017 |
| Nebraska | #217 | 10 | 1 in 1,154 |
| Florida | #231 | 36 | 1 in 1,233 |
| Arizona | #241 | 13 | 1 in 1,030 |
| Michigan | #248 | 47 | 1 in 1,570 |
| Maryland | #254 | 17 | 1 in 1,659 |
| Utah | #261 | 7 | 1 in 1,233 |
| Alabama | #266 | 19 | 1 in 1,552 |
| North Carolina | #311 | 18 | 1 in 2,322 |
| South Carolina | #353 | 9 | 1 in 2,502 |
| Virginia | #354 | 13 | 1 in 2,806 |
| Georgia | #361 | 15 | 1 in 2,723 |
| Mississippi | #410 | 7 | 1 in 2,971 |
| New Jersey | #447 | 12 | 1 in 4,488 |
| New York | #558 | 26 | 1 in 5,912 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Darla
- 84 spots since 2024 (#1,025 → #941)
- 471 spots since 2020 (#1,412 → #941)
- 736 spots since 2015 (#1,677 → #941)
- Biggest jump: 672 spots in 1935 (#1,344 → #672)
- Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1986 (#901 → #1,093)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1963 at #165 (2,391 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1935–1985
- Highest: 1 in 806 girls born in 1963 were named Darla (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,845 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 37.4% of all girls named Darla (16,340) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 33 | #1,892 (1929) | #3,307 |
| 1930s | 1,206 | #368 (1939) | #1,050 |
| 1940s | 4,229 | #303 (1946) | #356 |
| 1950s | 9,599 | #203 (1959) | #280 |
| 1960s | 16,340 | #165 (1963) | #211 |
| 1970s | 5,382 | #299 (1970) | #431 |
| 1980s | 1,996 | #585 (1980) | #890 |
| 1990s | 968 | #1,334 (1990) | #1,642 |
| 2000s | 1,059 | #1,700 (2001) | #1,842 |
| 2010s | 1,588 | #1,271 (2018) | #1,436 |
| 2020s | 1,267 | #941 (2025) | #1,168 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Darla in 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 1,116 of them was named Darla, which outranked 97.2% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 372,029 of them was named Darla, which outranked 11.2% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 495 names at #3,930; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.