Darla-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAR-la-RAY
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
Darla-Rae is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “darling + ewe”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies).
What does Darla-Rae mean?
English: Darla + Rae
“darling + ewe”
Joins Darla (English, “darling”) and Rae (Hebrew, “ewe”).
Meanings borrowed from Darla and Rae.
Is Darla-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
Darla-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darla-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Darla-Rae, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 girls.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Darla-Rae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
- Darla-Rae 10
- Darlah-Rae 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Darla-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
Names like Darla-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeve, Eden, Daphne, Maeva, Kiara, Ocean, Nellie, Delilah, Ottilie, Olive, Bonnie, Hazel
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Darla-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darla-rae, updated 20 October 2026.