Darline
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dar-LEEN
- Origin
- English
Darline is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “darling”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Darline mean?
English: variant of Darlene, from darling
“darling”
Darlene arose in the early 20th century from the word darling, with the fashionable -ene ending.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Darline a girl's or a boy's name?
Darline is a girls' name.
How popular is Darline in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1927, with 129 girls. It first appears in the records in 1902.
Half of all the girls named Darline in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darline in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 55 | #2,189 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,917 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,222 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,966 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,897 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,834 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,702 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,586 |
| 1965 | 70 | #1,292 |
| 1964 | 77 | #1,254 |
| 1963 | 103 | #1,056 |
| 1962 | 74 | #1,283 |
| 1961 | 83 | #1,210 |
| 1960 | 93 | #1,125 |
| 1959 | 97 | #1,078 |
| 1958 | 94 | #1,080 |
| 1957 | 93 | #1,082 |
| 1956 | 104 | #1,001 |
| 1955 | 94 | #1,033 |
| 1954 | 76 | #1,133 |
| 1953 | 65 | #1,198 |
| 1952 | 82 | #1,038 |
| 1951 | 74 | #1,077 |
| 1950 | 86 | #977 |
| 1949 | 68 | #1,087 |
| 1948 | 89 | #918 |
| 1947 | 75 | #1,020 |
| 1946 | 76 | #952 |
| 1945 | 51 | #1,099 |
| 1944 | 59 | #1,016 |
| 1943 | 69 | #944 |
| 1942 | 61 | #997 |
| 1941 | 58 | #961 |
| 1940 | 65 | #887 |
| 1939 | 53 | #974 |
| 1938 | 75 | #811 |
| 1937 | 77 | #778 |
| 1936 | 90 | #702 |
| 1935 | 99 | #664 |
| 1934 | 93 | #693 |
| 1933 | 109 | #624 |
| 1932 | 91 | #712 |
| 1931 | 95 | #684 |
| 1930 | 97 | #699 |
| 1929 | 92 | #728 |
| 1928 | 87 | #765 |
| 1927 | 129 | #629 |
| 1926 | 84 | #790 |
| 1925 | 90 | #779 |
| 1924 | 82 | #822 |
| 1923 | 69 | #885 |
| 1922 | 62 | #939 |
| 1921 | 73 | #862 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,132 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,216 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,234 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,183 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,278 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,258 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,603 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
Nicknames for Darline
- Darla 141 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Darline
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elaine, June, Maxine, Bonnie, Jane, Lorraine, Anne, Billie, Irene, Catherine, Alice, Dixie
Names related to Darline
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, “Darline: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darline, updated 20 October 2026.