girls:
12 births since 1951
#5704 (0th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1936
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
18 births since 1936
#7721 (0th percentile)
The name Darley is the #7,721 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 18 recorded births since 1936. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,704 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1951. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1936.
Darley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1936 (1936 for boys and 1951 for girls). Birth data for Darley is available in 3 out of the 88 years between 1936 and 2023 (2 years for girls and 1 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 Darley has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Darley were girls. Interestingly, until around 1951, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1936 to 1950), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1951 to 2023).
For girls, Darley reached its peak popularity in 1951, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #698) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). Currently, Darley is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #946 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
For boys, Darley reached its peak popularity in 1936, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #518) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1936, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1936.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Darley".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Darley is pronounced as DAHR-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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