Darla
Girl · DAR-la · English
Darla is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “darling”. In 2025 it ranked 341st for girls in the UK (141 babies) and 941st for girls in the US (275 babies).
What does Darla mean?
English: short form of Darlene, from the word darling
“darling”
A short form of Darlene, a 20th-century name based on the word darling.
- Say it
- DAR-la
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Is Darla a girl's or a boy's name?
Darla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 141 girls in the UK and 275 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #341among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 141about 1 in 2,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 117% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 141 girls in the UK were named Darla, making it the 341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 600th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Darla of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Darla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 346th in England and Wales, 272nd in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Darla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 141 | #341 |
| 2024 | 132 | #370 |
| 2023 | 125 | #379 |
| 2022 | 114 | #419 |
| 2021 | 83 | #539 |
| 2020 | 70 | #600 |
| 2019 | 55 | #760 |
| 2018 | 58 | #744 |
| 2017 | 52 | #817 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 37 | #1,040 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
How popular is Darla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #941among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 275about 1 in 5,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 275 girls in the US were named Darla, making it the 941st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 1963, with 2,391 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
2025 had more girls named Darla than any year since 1981.
Half of all the girls named Darla in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 281 girls in the US were given Darla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #865, up from #941 for this spelling alone.
- Darla 275
- Darlah 6
Darla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 275 | #941 |
| 2024 | 246 | #1,025 |
| 2023 | 199 | #1,202 |
| 2022 | 202 | #1,190 |
| 2021 | 190 | #1,236 |
| 2020 | 155 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 165 | #1,366 |
| 2018 | 181 | #1,271 |
| 2017 | 161 | #1,416 |
| 2016 | 185 | #1,294 |
| 2015 | 127 | #1,677 |
| 2014 | 161 | #1,416 |
| 2013 | 151 | #1,470 |
| 2012 | 174 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 143 | #1,531 |
| 2010 | 140 | #1,569 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,733 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,740 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,940 |
| 2006 | 88 | #2,186 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,854 |
| 2004 | 109 | #1,755 |
| 2003 | 105 | #1,785 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,932 |
| 2001 | 106 | #1,697 |
| 2000 | 97 | #1,787 |
| 1999 | 86 | #1,841 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,707 |
| 1997 | 99 | #1,604 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,517 |
| 1995 | 120 | #1,367 |
| 1994 | 67 | #2,054 |
| 1993 | 76 | #1,861 |
| 1992 | 88 | #1,700 |
| 1991 | 114 | #1,403 |
| 1990 | 120 | #1,330 |
| 1989 | 117 | #1,323 |
| 1988 | 148 | #1,065 |
| 1987 | 142 | #1,075 |
| 1986 | 136 | #1,093 |
| 1985 | 176 | #901 |
| 1984 | 197 | #806 |
| 1983 | 219 | #745 |
| 1982 | 259 | #679 |
| 1981 | 287 | #628 |
| 1980 | 315 | #585 |
| 1979 | 313 | #583 |
| 1978 | 333 | #538 |
| 1977 | 341 | #532 |
| 1976 | 382 | #481 |
| 1975 | 409 | #460 |
| 1974 | 493 | #407 |
| 1973 | 559 | #375 |
| 1972 | 692 | #331 |
| 1971 | 895 | #305 |
| 1970 | 965 | #299 |
| 1969 | 1,058 | #271 |
| 1968 | 1,152 | #240 |
| 1967 | 1,265 | #230 |
| 1966 | 1,445 | #211 |
| 1965 | 1,581 | #208 |
| 1964 | 2,044 | #185 |
| 1963 | 2,391 | #165 |
| 1962 | 1,964 | #190 |
| 1961 | 1,717 | #203 |
| 1960 | 1,723 | #202 |
| 1959 | 1,672 | #203 |
| 1958 | 1,355 | #223 |
| 1957 | 1,334 | #230 |
| 1956 | 1,209 | #237 |
| 1955 | 877 | #292 |
| 1954 | 700 | #318 |
| 1953 | 645 | #324 |
| 1952 | 623 | #328 |
| 1951 | 617 | #319 |
| 1950 | 567 | #323 |
| 1949 | 502 | #345 |
| 1948 | 450 | #372 |
| 1947 | 528 | #347 |
| 1946 | 592 | #303 |
| 1945 | 303 | #408 |
| 1944 | 318 | #397 |
| 1943 | 365 | #378 |
| 1942 | 409 | #346 |
| 1941 | 406 | #326 |
| 1940 | 356 | #339 |
| 1939 | 318 | #368 |
| 1938 | 244 | #428 |
| 1937 | 185 | #480 |
| 1936 | 246 | #410 |
| 1935 | 98 | #672 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,344 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,488 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,875 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,660 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,891 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
Names like Darla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Darla
Darlah
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