Darlene

Girl · recorded 1896–2025

  • #1,844in 2025
  • 1 in 14,882girls in 2025
  • −25%last ten years
  • 2.8×in California

Most popular in 1958. Quieter now: down 25% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1896

02,0584,11518961928196119932025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 127 recorded years as a table
Darlene, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189621
189926
190138
190230
190331
190440
190521
190620
190738
190842
190952
191048
191148
191254
191380
1914106
191590
1916125
1917157
1918156
1919203
1920229
1921311
1922352
1923409
1924511
1925609
1926738
1927930
19281,028
19291,166
19301,370
19311,711
19321,893
19332,389
19342,495
19352,578
19362,847
19373,087
19383,010
19392,997
19402,728
19412,768
19422,604
19432,705
19442,661
19452,774
19462,967
19472,964
19482,763
19492,805
19502,820
19512,793
19522,927
19532,972
19542,837
19552,885
19563,446
19573,807
19584,115
19593,398
19603,013
19612,838
19622,597
19632,673
19642,731
19652,468
19662,203
19671,859
19681,620
19691,458
19701,244
19711,096
1972931
1973796
1974694
1975621
1976564
1977504
1978469
1979416
1980393
1981383
1982345
1983315
1984273
1985274
1986263
1987254
1988271
1989259
1990267
1991249
1992205
1993205
1994193
1995155
1996161
1997143
1998145
1999126
2000150
2001148
2002140
2003111
2004129
2005122
2006128
2007116
2008125
2009117
2010117
2011111
2012123
2013107
201496
201590
201681
201785
201879
201973
202068
202163
202266
202367
202470
202567

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 2.8×
  2. Texas 1.3×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
108
Rank in 2025
#1,844
How rare
1 in 14,882 girls
Since 1896
204,942

Most popular in 1958, at 4,115 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 25% per million girls born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California2.8×95
Texas1.3×42

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