US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE DARLENE

Same rise and fall as Darlene, around the same years.

WHERE DARLENE IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Darlene ranked highest in California (#1,512) and lowest in Texas (#3,432). 46 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Darlene name popularity

Darlene has been given to 205,546 babies in the United States since 1896.

It peaked in 1958, when 8,307 babies got the name, and its best rank was #98 in 1958.

In 2025, 108 babies were named Darlene (#3,355 in the country), 99% below the peak. That is down 32% from 2015.

Almost every Darlene is a girl.

An estimated 141K people named Darlene are alive in the US today, with a median age of 68.

It was a top-100 name in 1 of the 146 years on record.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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