Darlie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAR-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Darlie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “darling”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Darlie mean?
English: pet form of Darlene or Darla, from the word darling
“darling”
Is Darlie a girl's or a boy's name?
Darlie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darlie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 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, 5 girls in the UK were named Darlie, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,238th.
2025 had the most girls named Darlie of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Darlie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 2 | #7,238 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
Names like Darlie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nellie, Hallie, Bonnie, Winnie, Rosie, Frankie, Hazel, Olive, Ottilie, Marnie, Lottie, Daphne
Names related to Darlie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Carter
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, “Darlie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darlie, updated 20 October 2026.