Darlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAR-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Darlyn is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “darling”. In 2025 it ranked 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Darlyn mean?
Modern: variant of Darlene, from English darling
“darling”
A variant of Darlene, a 20th-century name formed from the English word darling.
Is Darlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Darlyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Darlyn, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1926.
2025 had fewer girls named Darlyn than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Darlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,408 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,518 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,595 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,166 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,167 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,906 |
| 1954 | 27 | #2,026 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,326 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,870 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,881 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,616 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,873 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,807 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
Names like Darlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raelynn Jazlyn Danna Brooklyn Jocelyn Myla Londyn Eden Scarlett Gracelynn Jordyn Devyn
Names related to Darlyn
More Modern names
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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, “Darlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darlyn, updated 20 October 2026.