Darleny
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dar-LEH-nee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Darleny is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “darling”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Darleny mean?
English: Latin American form of Darlene, from darling
“darling”
A Spanish-style form of Darlene, a 20th-century name based on the English word darling.
Is Darleny a girl's or a boy's name?
Darleny is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darleny in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Darleny, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Darleny in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darleny in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Darleny
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Everly, Legacy, Kennedy, Blakely, Heavenly, Lily, Emery, Klarity, Royalty, Ivy, Daisy, Kinsley
Names related to Darleny
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison
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, “Darleny: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darleny, updated 20 October 2026.