Darline

Where Darline comes from

The dictionaries list Darline as a given name — a female given name, variant of Darlene — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1902
    First appearance
    #1,594 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1933
    Peak, #624
    109 babies named Darline — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #974.
  4. 1964
    Darline Graham born
    American politician
  5. 1999
    Darline Radamaker born
    footballer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Darlene
Namesakes
  • Darline Graham · American politician, born 1964
  • Darline Radamaker · footballer, born 1999
  • Darline Nsoki · French basketball player, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.