Darla
Rank in 2025
#941
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
275
girls 275
Peak year
1963
2,391 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
43,694
since 1924
Born a Darla? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Darla was most popular in 1963, when 2,391 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 275 babies were named Darla, ranking #941 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 48%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 275 | 941 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 246 | 1025 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 199 | 1202 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 202 | 1190 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 190 | 1236 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 155 | 1412 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 165 | 1366 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 181 | 1271 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 161 | 1416 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 185 | 1294 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 127 | 1677 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 161 | 1416 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 151 | 1470 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 174 | 1346 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 143 | 1531 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 140 | 1569 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 126 | 1733 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 127 | 1740 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 106 | 1940 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 88 | 2186 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 104 | 1855 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 109 | 1756 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 105 | 1786 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 91 | 1934 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 106 | 1700 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 97 | 1791 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 86 | 1844 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 93 | 1709 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 99 | 1606 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 105 | 1519 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 120 | 1370 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 67 | 2059 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 76 | 1865 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 88 | 1704 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 114 | 1407 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 120 | 1334 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 117 | 1326 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 148 | 1066 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 142 | 1075 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 136 | 1093 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 176 | 901 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 197 | 806 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 219 | 745 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 259 | 679 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 287 | 628 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 315 | 585 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 313 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 333 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 341 | 532 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 382 | 481 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 409 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 493 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 559 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 692 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 895 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 965 | 299 | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | 1,058 | 271 | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | 1,152 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,265 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 1,445 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,581 | 208 | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | 2,044 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 2,391 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 1,964 | 190 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 1,717 | 203 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 1,723 | 202 | 6 | 3665 |
| 1959 | 1,672 | 203 | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | 1,355 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 1,334 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 1,209 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 877 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 700 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 645 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 623 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 617 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 567 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 502 | 345 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 450 | 372 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 528 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 592 | 303 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 303 | 408 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 318 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 365 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 409 | 346 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 406 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 356 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 318 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 244 | 428 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 185 | 480 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 246 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 98 | 672 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 29 | 1344 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 19 | 1773 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 26 | 1488 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 18 | 1876 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 23 | 1661 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 19 | 1892 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 7 | 4028 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | 4002 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years