Darlene

Boy · recorded 1927–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1934best year

Most popular in 1934.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Darlene.

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Its story

Popularity since 1927

081619271943195819741989

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 49 recorded years as a table
Darlene, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19274
19286
19308
193111
19327
193310
193416
19357
19366
193715
193813
193911
194013
194115
194213
19438
194410
194513
19469
19478
19485
19495
19506
19513
19524
19535
19545
19555
19569
19576
195814
195910
19608
19618
19627
19636
196410
196511
19668
19679
19687
19693
19706
19714
19726
19734
19756
19763
19893

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Darlene isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
7
Rank in 1989
#6,229
How rare
1 in 285,846 boys
Since 1927
604

Darlene was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1934, at 16 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Darlene doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.