Darlene

Girl name

Darlene has been given to 205,546 babies in the U.S. since 1896. It peaked in 1958.

Meaning & origin /ˈdɑːliːn/

A 20th-century coinage from darling and names like Charlene and Marlene.

Origin: English < coinages

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

205,546

Peak year

1958 (8,307 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1896

10-year trend

▼ -32%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Darlene Hard

American tennis player (1936–2021)

Darlene Love

American musician

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Darlene.

214,768 babies since 1912

215,849 babies since 1880

219,801 babies since 1880

188,287 babies since 1880

187,513 babies since 1889

184,835 babies since 1880

180,911 babies since 1881

230,913 babies since 1909

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