Darlene
Girl · English
Darlene is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,844th for girls in the US (108 babies).
What does Darlene mean?
English
A female given name from English [in turn originating as a coinage], of modern usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Darlene a girl's or a boy's name?
Darlene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 108 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darlene in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Darlene in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Darlene in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Darlene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,844among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 108about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 108 girls in the US were named Darlene, making it the 1,844th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,792nd. Its busiest year was 1958, with 8,278 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Darlene in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darlene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,844 |
| 2024 | 113 | #1,779 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,850 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,870 |
| 2021 | 103 | #1,910 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,792 |
| 2019 | 122 | #1,708 |
| 2018 | 134 | #1,595 |
| 2017 | 146 | #1,515 |
| 2016 | 144 | #1,550 |
| 2015 | 160 | #1,437 |
| 2014 | 171 | #1,362 |
| 2013 | 187 | #1,267 |
| 2012 | 217 | #1,132 |
| 2011 | 196 | #1,224 |
| 2010 | 208 | #1,165 |
| 2009 | 215 | #1,167 |
| 2008 | 236 | #1,100 |
| 2007 | 223 | #1,147 |
| 2006 | 244 | #1,050 |
| 2005 | 225 | #1,061 |
| 2004 | 236 | #997 |
| 2003 | 203 | #1,083 |
| 2002 | 251 | #894 |
| 2001 | 266 | #855 |
| 2000 | 273 | #825 |
| 1999 | 224 | #934 |
| 1998 | 256 | #831 |
| 1997 | 249 | #831 |
| 1996 | 283 | #745 |
| 1995 | 272 | #749 |
| 1994 | 344 | #636 |
| 1993 | 370 | #617 |
| 1992 | 378 | #601 |
| 1991 | 466 | #506 |
| 1990 | 506 | #482 |
| 1989 | 477 | #493 |
| 1988 | 482 | #467 |
| 1987 | 441 | #491 |
| 1986 | 451 | #475 |
| 1985 | 471 | #456 |
| 1984 | 459 | #451 |
| 1983 | 527 | #408 |
| 1982 | 584 | #394 |
| 1981 | 639 | #367 |
| 1980 | 653 | #362 |
| 1979 | 667 | #348 |
| 1978 | 718 | #319 |
| 1977 | 772 | #308 |
| 1976 | 827 | #278 |
| 1975 | 905 | #265 |
| 1974 | 1,019 | #251 |
| 1973 | 1,161 | #216 |
| 1972 | 1,416 | #199 |
| 1971 | 1,824 | #170 |
| 1970 | 2,175 | #155 |
| 1969 | 2,460 | #137 |
| 1968 | 2,658 | #121 |
| 1967 | 3,069 | #111 |
| 1966 | 3,728 | #94 |
| 1965 | 4,356 | #83 |
| 1964 | 5,175 | #80 |
| 1963 | 5,153 | #85 |
| 1962 | 5,107 | #88 |
| 1961 | 5,728 | #80 |
| 1960 | 6,093 | #75 |
| 1959 | 6,876 | #66 |
| 1958 | 8,278 | #49 |
| 1957 | 7,784 | #57 |
| 1956 | 6,919 | #71 |
| 1955 | 5,641 | #76 |
| 1954 | 5,510 | #76 |
| 1953 | 5,591 | #75 |
| 1952 | 5,427 | #77 |
| 1951 | 5,030 | #79 |
| 1950 | 4,830 | #79 |
| 1949 | 4,799 | #75 |
| 1948 | 4,692 | #77 |
| 1947 | 5,255 | #71 |
| 1946 | 4,662 | #71 |
| 1945 | 3,626 | #71 |
| 1944 | 3,532 | #76 |
| 1943 | 3,774 | #73 |
| 1942 | 3,517 | #78 |
| 1941 | 3,344 | #76 |
| 1940 | 3,120 | #79 |
| 1939 | 3,287 | #75 |
| 1938 | 3,321 | #76 |
| 1937 | 3,285 | #72 |
| 1936 | 2,962 | #83 |
| 1935 | 2,703 | #91 |
| 1934 | 2,605 | #90 |
| 1933 | 2,408 | #96 |
| 1932 | 2,020 | #122 |
| 1931 | 1,822 | #128 |
| 1930 | 1,543 | #141 |
| 1929 | 1,302 | #160 |
| 1928 | 1,186 | #176 |
| 1927 | 1,109 | #185 |
| 1926 | 875 | #212 |
| 1925 | 741 | #241 |
| 1924 | 638 | #260 |
| 1923 | 493 | #291 |
| 1922 | 423 | #315 |
| 1921 | 384 | #336 |
| 1920 | 275 | #398 |
| 1919 | 229 | #435 |
| 1918 | 181 | #506 |
| 1917 | 170 | #507 |
| 1916 | 131 | #586 |
| 1915 | 89 | #704 |
| 1914 | 81 | #642 |
| 1913 | 50 | #741 |
| 1912 | 30 | #919 |
| 1911 | 20 | #982 |
| 1910 | 19 | #997 |
| 1909 | 18 | #961 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,142 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,318 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
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