Darla
- Pronunciation
- [Dar-la]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- From The Old English Dearling: Darling.
- Origin
- English
Darla Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 43,389 baby girls have been named Darla. The name peaked in 1963 with 2,391 US births that year (rank #165). In 2024, ranked #1027 nationally — 862 places below its 1963 peak.
Top States for Darla
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Darla births are: California (4,823), Texas (4,498), Ohio (3,097).
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5-Letter Names Starting with D
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Quick Facts About Darla
US Popularity History (2025–2025)
Annual US births named Darla by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 275 girls named Darla (girl rank #941 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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