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.
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 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
More about 1993
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1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 23,804 of them was named Darla, which outranked 88.2% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,854Kayce77
- #1,854Raeann77
- #1,854Rebekkah77
- #1,865Darla76
- #1,865Adeline76
- #1,865Analisa76
- #1,865Charisma76
- #1,882Adriane75
- #1,882Aria75
- #1,882Cailin75
Tied with 16 names at #1,865; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.