girls:
204.7k births since 1896
#195 (97th percentile)
boys:
604 births since 1927
#3982 (13th percentile)
overall:
205.3k births since 1896
#384 (95th percentile)
The name Darlene is the #384 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 205,323 recorded births since 1896. This represents the 95.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 95.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #195 (96.6% percentile) for all time with 204,719 births since 1896. For boys, it ranks #3,982 (13.1% percentile) for all time with 604 births since 1927.
Darlene first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1896 (1896 for girls and 1927 for boys). Birth data for Darlene is available in 125 out of the 128 years between 1896 and 2023 (125 years for girls and 49 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Darlene has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Darlene reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 93.7% percentile (ranked #49) with 4,008 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 4,008 births per million (ranked 93.7% percentile). Despite a low point in 2007, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Darlene ranks #845 for girls (10.8% percentile) with 61 births per million, which is 1.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Darlene reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #641) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Darlene".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Darlene. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.9% confident that Darlene is pronounced as DAHR-leen, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dahr-LEEN, at 27.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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