Darlyn Girl
How popular is Darlyn?
#4,351 girl name in 2025
32 baby girls were named Darlyn in the US in 2025, making it the 4351st most popular girl name.
Darlyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,351 for girls (▼ 145 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 32 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,651 in 2015, #3,450 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (61 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,616 in 1946 |
| First recorded | 1926 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 3% boys, 97% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Darlyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Darlene family of names ranked #1,059 for girls in 2025 (#1,096 the year before), with 186 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Darlene | 108 | 58% |
| Darlyn | 32 | 17% |
| Darlin | 35 | 19% |
| Darlynn | 5 | 3% |
| Darelyn | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Darlyn is most popular
Babies named Darlyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Darlyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1930s | 114 | #1,845 |
| 1940s | 200 | #1,616 |
| 1950s | 233 | #1,870 |
| 1960s | 165 | #2,511 |
| 1970s | 73 | #3,110 |
| 1980s | 93 | #5,307 |
| 1990s | 184 | #3,501 |
| 2000s | 335 | #3,175 |
| 2010s | 384 | #3,171 |
| 2020s | 266 | #2,784 |
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Questions
- Is Darlyn a boy or girl name?
- Darlyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Darlyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Darlyn?
- 32 baby girls were named Darlyn in the US in 2025, making it the 4351st most popular girl name.
- When was Darlyn most popular?
- Darlyn peaked in 2021, when 61 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,616 in 1946.
- How many people are named Darlyn?
- 2,097 babies have been named Darlyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,847 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Darlyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Darlyn was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.