Darleen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dar-LEEN
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Darleen is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “darling, beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Darleen mean?
English: spelling of Darlene, from the word darling
“darling, beloved”
A spelling of Darlene, a 20th-century name formed from the English word darling.
Is Darleen a girl's or a boy's name?
Darleen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darleen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Darleen, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 231 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Darleen in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darleen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,770 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,112 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,257 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,136 |
| 1974 | 53 | #1,709 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,622 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,655 |
| 1971 | 76 | #1,389 |
| 1970 | 76 | #1,369 |
| 1969 | 95 | #1,139 |
| 1968 | 84 | #1,177 |
| 1967 | 114 | #951 |
| 1966 | 120 | #922 |
| 1965 | 132 | #870 |
| 1964 | 146 | #861 |
| 1963 | 132 | #915 |
| 1962 | 158 | #837 |
| 1961 | 185 | #769 |
| 1960 | 152 | #838 |
| 1959 | 185 | #747 |
| 1958 | 231 | #650 |
| 1957 | 193 | #718 |
| 1956 | 167 | #751 |
| 1955 | 151 | #782 |
| 1954 | 122 | #858 |
| 1953 | 146 | #755 |
| 1952 | 139 | #754 |
| 1951 | 162 | #685 |
| 1950 | 171 | #651 |
| 1949 | 200 | #584 |
| 1948 | 193 | #600 |
| 1947 | 208 | #590 |
| 1946 | 209 | #547 |
| 1945 | 169 | #564 |
| 1944 | 158 | #582 |
| 1943 | 227 | #493 |
| 1942 | 166 | #572 |
| 1941 | 177 | #524 |
| 1940 | 135 | #598 |
| 1939 | 150 | #546 |
| 1938 | 155 | #548 |
| 1937 | 119 | #620 |
| 1936 | 112 | #622 |
| 1935 | 99 | #664 |
| 1934 | 96 | #680 |
| 1933 | 110 | #620 |
| 1932 | 109 | #639 |
| 1931 | 107 | #644 |
| 1930 | 124 | #622 |
| 1929 | 112 | #656 |
| 1928 | 120 | #642 |
| 1927 | 125 | #643 |
| 1926 | 91 | #757 |
| 1925 | 102 | #727 |
| 1924 | 71 | #893 |
| 1923 | 59 | #966 |
| 1922 | 65 | #906 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,258 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,550 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,411 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
Names like Darleen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eileen, Kathleen, Elaine, Donna, Marilyn, Beverly, Bonnie, Sharon, Dawn, Gwendolyn, Karen, Colleen
Names related to Darleen
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Darleen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darleen, updated 20 October 2026.