Feminine dossier · first seen 1896

Darlene

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Darlene
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.7% from peak

Peak era

1958

Peak rank proxy

8,279

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1896Peak 19582024

Peak year

1958

Decline from peak

98.7%

2024

111

All-time

204,832

Darlene once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1958, when 8,279 girls were named Darlene.

In 2024, only 111 girls were given the name.

Down 98.7% from its peak.

All told, about 204,832 Americans have been named Darlene and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1896.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.7% from peak

19588,279 girls named Darlene

2024111 girls named Darlene

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