How Many People Are Named Darla?
people named Darla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,264 people in the US has this name
Based on 43,694 babies named Darla in Social Security records from 1924 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,391 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of DARLENE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Darla (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Darla alive today is about 56 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Darla first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 1963, to 2,391 babies. In 2025, 275 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Darla has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #165, in 1963. In 2025 it ranked #941.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #941 |
| Best rank | #165 (1963) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #211 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Darla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Darla were born in California than in any other state: about 4,369 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Darla was given 4.8 times as often in South Dakota, 3.9 times in Oklahoma and 2.6 times in Idaho.
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