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How popular is the name Darlene?
Births per year, rank history and how many Darlenes are alive today.
Darlene (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 5892nd in 2024 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2006, when 8 babies were given the name, the 2509th most popular that year. It has declined since 2006; the 2024 figure is roughly 38% of its peak. Common short forms of Darlene include Darla.
The Darlene you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Darlenes born in England and Wales are between 10 and 29, and there are at least 120 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Darlene - on average, only one in every 2,625 such rooms contains a Darlene.
How many babies are named Darlene each year?
Where does Darlene rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Darlene most popular?
Darlene peaked in 2006, when 8 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Darlene?
At least 120 people named Darlene born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Darlene?
Most living Darlenes are between 10 and 29; the most common age is about 19. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Darlene becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2006 peak.