Darlena

Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419

Peak · girls
1958 · 49 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,536
since 1920

Darlena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Darlena has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #1,527, 1958girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015#16,4195
2014
2013
2012#12,1998
2011
2010
2009
2008#17,5045
2007
2006
2005#13,0107
2004
2003#15,7845
2002
2001#11,0208
2000#9,8749
1999#8,22311
1998#11,1387
1997
1996#9,5818
1995#8,07910
1994#9,5868
1993#4,82620
1992#6,65213
1991#5,18118
1990#7,88010
1989#5,04917
1988#6,66611
1987#5,61313
1986#6,15611
1985#6,03111
1984#4,47816
1983#5,82411
1982#5,53412
1981#3,85920
1980#3,31825
1979#4,05218
1978#4,07917
1977#3,08325
1976#3,96316
1975#4,85412
1974#3,69517
1973#3,48118
1972#3,54317
1971#2,17537
1970#2,35432
1969#1,83545
1968#1,97537
1967#2,49224
1966#1,98234
1965#1,99334
1964#1,55953
1963#1,56552
1962#1,57751
1961#1,74243
1960#1,81139
1959#1,67243
1958#1,52749
1957#1,86934
1956#1,76036
1955#1,66738
1954#1,70236
1953#2,07125
1952#2,50218
1951#1,88527
1950#1,91125
1949#2,01323
1948#1,70830
1947#1,94625
1946#2,31817
1945#2,14916
1944#1,69824
1943#2,15117
1942#2,41614
1941#2,39713
1940#2,10915
1939#2,59211
1938#2,57911
1937#2,9409
1936
1935#3,7426
1934#2,74110
1933#3,1098
1932#3,0479
1931#2,9729
1930#3,3458
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1921#5,0995
1920#4,9755
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First appearance
1920

The first year at least five girls were named Darlena! It came in at #4,975, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1929, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Darlena
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1920
  • Peaked 1958 at #1,527 (49 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 35,752
  • Highest: 1 in 35,752 girls born in 1964 were named Darlena (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,527 in 1958, was only 1 in 41,053 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 26.8% of all girls named Darlena (412) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s10#4,975 (1920)#5,037
1930s81#2,579 (1938)#3,007
1940s194#1,698 (1944)#2,091
1950s331#1,527 (1958)#1,857
1960s412#1,559 (1964)#1,853
1970s209#2,175 (1971)#3,528
1980s147#3,318 (1980)#5,253
1990s105#4,826 (1993)#7,905
2000s34#9,874 (2000)#13,438
2010s13#12,199 (2012)#14,309

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.

Darlena in 1958

girls
#1,527
49 births · 1 in 41,053 girls

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #1,527Darlena49
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 41,053 of them was named Darlena, which outranked 78.3% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darlena
  1. #1,512Synthia50
  2. #1,512Vanita50
  3. #1,512Vita50
  4. #1,527Darlena49
  5. #1,527Cammie49
  6. #1,527Candyce49
  7. #1,527Carri49
  8. #1,542Anitra48
  9. #1,542Concepcion48
  10. #1,542Dedra48

Tied with 14 names at #1,527; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 1,133Brigitte#1,904#771
  2. 760Samantha#1,754#994
  3. 709Selena#1,388#679
  4. 672Tambra#1,588#916
  5. 570Bridgette#1,274#704
Fallers
  1. 312Sarita#970#1,282
  2. 311Beryl#910#1,221
  3. 309Sherree#827#1,136
  4. 275Winnie#965#1,240
  5. 236Jacalyn#975#1,211

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1958