Darlah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAR-la
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Darlah is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “darling”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Darlah mean?
English: spelling of Darla; short form of Darlene, from the word darling
“darling”
A short form of Darlene, a 20th-century name based on the word darling.
Meaning borrowed from Darla. More on Wiktionary.
Is Darlah a girl's or a boy's name?
Darlah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darlah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Darlah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 girls.
In 2025, 144 girls in the UK were given Darlah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #347, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Darla 141
- Darlah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 780th in Scotland.
Darlah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 2 | #7,391 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
Names like Darlah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Delilah Fiadh Eden Hazel Riley Nellie Daphne Nova Nora Olive Orla Ivy
Other spellings of Darlah
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Carter Harrison
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, “Darlah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darlah, updated 20 October 2026.