How rare is the name Darleen?

5,799 people in the United States have the first name Darleen, about 1 in 52,083. It ranks #3,556 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

DARLEEN

#3,556

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,799
About
1 in 52,083
This common or more
82.6%
Who bears it

Of the 5,799 people named Darleen, 73.6% reported their origin as White, 12% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Darleen peaked in 1958, when 231 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1958
Births that year
231
In 2025*
10 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,332 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Darleen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,010. The largest share of babies named Darleen, 39%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#4,31593
1920s#1,487811
1930s#1,1331,181
1940s#1,0101,842
1950s#1,2941,667
1960s#1,5641,318
1970s#2,958504
1980s#5,844227
1990s#8,832176
2000s#9,483219
2010s#9,585232
2020s#15,84562
Greatest Generation 1901–278.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4529.3%
Baby boom 1946–6439%
Generation X 1965–8012.8%
Millennials 1981–964.1%
Generation Z 1997–124.1%
2013 and later2.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Darleen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Darleen has been most common in South Dakota (4.6×), Nebraska (3.6×), and Minnesota (3×), and least common in Florida (0.22×).

5,180 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Darleen

2 other first names also have 5,799 people.

#3,556 Kisha · 5,799#3,556 Trinh · 5,799

Either side of Darleen

#3,554 Destiney · 5,805#3,555 Chauncey · 5,801#3,556 Kisha · 5,799#3,556 Trinh · 5,799

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Darleen, most common first.

#382 Darlene · 145,944#6,999 Darlin · 2,227#7,160 Darlyn · 2,152#10,280 Darlena · 1,305#18,988 Darlean · 563#19,459 Darlynn · 543#21,056 Darlen · 486#28,312 Darleny · 318

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