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Darlene

Pronounced /ˈdɑːliːn/

Rank in 2024
#1,813
Born in 2024
111
Peak year
1958 · #49
Origin
English

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 111 girls were named Darlene, about 1 in every 14,533.
  • It peaked in 1958 with 8,279 babies, ranked #49.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1896.
  • 204,832 girls have been named Darlene since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Darlene per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.3
    Greatest
  2. 2.4
    Silent
  3. 3.0
    Boomers
  4. 1.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 6,030 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Silent: 49,357 babies, 2.39 per 1,000. Boomers: 108,549 babies, 3.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 28,410 babies, 1.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,150 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,721 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,604 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

A 20th-century coinage from darling and names like Charlene and Marlene.

  • (chiefly US and Australia) A female given name from English [in turn originating as a coinage], of modern usage.
Origin
English
Say it
/ˈdɑːliːn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Darlene, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Darline

    Rank
    #14,822
    Born '24
    6
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19272024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Darlena

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19642024