Darline

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477

Peak · girls
1933 · 109 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,050
since 1902

Darline over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Darline has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #624, 1933girls
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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#13,4776
2023
2022
2021
2020#15,0885
2019
2018#15,6825
2017#15,9025
2016
2015
2014#13,0697
2013#13,1507
2012#13,4837
2011#16,7645
2010#12,2768
2009#13,7047
2008#11,5999
2007#13,9247
2006#8,71513
2005#11,8348
2004#12,7617
2003#10,4259
2002#7,04515
2001#6,61916
2000#8,02712
1999#10,3458
1998#7,53212
1997#6,48314
1996#5,77116
1995#4,67721
1994#5,01619
1993#6,26414
1992#4,08825
1991#4,20824
1990#4,00325
1989#2,19455
1988#2,09355
1987#1,91859
1986#2,62037
1985#6,03111
1984#4,96614
1983#4,10918
1982#4,16718
1981#3,62522
1980#5,24513
1979#4,42016
1978#5,21412
1977#3,61220
1976#4,61413
1975#4,14115
1974#3,55818
1973#3,12221
1972#2,22234
1971#1,96643
1970#2,08139
1969#1,89743
1968#1,83442
1967#1,70245
1966#1,58650
1965#1,29270
1964#1,25477
1963#1,056103
1962#1,28374
1961#1,21183
1960#1,12693
1959#1,07997
1958#1,08194
1957#1,08393
1956#1,002104
1955#1,03494
1954#1,13476
1953#1,19965
1952#1,03982
1951#1,07874
1950#97886
1949#1,08868
1948#91989
1947#1,02175
1946#95376
1945#1,10051
1944#1,01759
1943#94469
1942#99761
1941#96158
1940#88765
1939#97453
1938#81175
1937#77877
1936#70290
1935#66499
1934#69393
1933#624109
1932#71291
1931#68495
1930#69997
1929#72892
1928#76587
1927#629129
1926#79084
1925#77990
1924#82282
1923#88569
1922#93962
1921#86273
1920#1,13244
1919#1,21638
1918#1,23437
1917#1,18337
1916#1,27832
1915#1,25831
1914#1,60317
1913#1,46516
1912#1,35216
1911#1,54510
1910#1,52110
1909
1908#1,8626
1907#1,8216
1906#1,7276
1905#1,6966
1904
1903
1902#1,5946
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First appearance
1902

The first year at least five girls were named Darline! It came in at #1,594, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1903–1904, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Darline
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 270 spots in 1921 (#1,132#862)
  • Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1949 (#919#1,088)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1902
  • Peaked 1933 at #624 (109 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1921–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,244
  • Highest: 1 in 9,244 girls born in 1927 were named Darline (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #624 in 1933, was only 1 in 9,247 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 17.4% of all girls named Darline (879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s30#1,594 (1902)#1,740
1910s244#1,183 (1917)#1,366
1920s812#629 (1927)#833
1930s879#624 (1933)#734
1940s671#887 (1940)#989
1950s865#978 (1950)#1,071
1960s680#1,056 (1963)#1,424
1970s231#1,966 (1971)#3,495
1980s302#1,918 (1987)#3,697
1990s178#4,003 (1990)#5,839
2000s103#6,619 (2001)#10,465
2010s44#12,276 (2010)#14,332
2020s11#13,477 (2024)#14,283

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.

Darline in 1941

girls
#961
58 births · 1 in 20,830 girls

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #961Darline58
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 20,830 of them was named Darline, which outranked 81.1% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darline
  1. #958Freeda59
  2. #958Georgiann59
  3. #958Simone59
  4. #961Darline58
  5. #961Armida58
  6. #961Elayne58
  7. #961Evonne58
  8. #970Carma57
  9. #970Georgine57
  10. #970Lolita57

Tied with 8 names at #961; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. 2,130Jerilyn#2,737#607
  2. 1,258Trina#2,109#851
  3. 372Karan#1,347#975
  4. 371Kristine#1,313#942
  5. 356Sherri#1,186#830
Fallers
  1. 447Kenneth#971#1,418
  2. 421Janna#997#1,418
  3. 366Beatriz#989#1,355
  4. 338Merna#997#1,335
  5. 337Eldora#957#1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1941