Darlyn
Recorded 1926–2025 · United States
Darlyn was most popular in 2006, when 61 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,867 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,565, with 32 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,097 people named Darlyn.
Darlyn over time
How old is the name Darlyn?
Darlyn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1926, which makes it about 99 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 97 of the 100 years since.
How many people are named Darlyn?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,097 American births named Darlyn between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,841 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Darlyn in 2025?
32 American babies were named Darlyn in 2025, ranking #7,565 that year.
Is Darlyn getting more or less popular?
Darlyn is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 44 births a year, against 35 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +27% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Darlyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Darlyn is a girl’s name — 98.4% of the 2,097 Americans given it were girls and 1.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 97% girls and 3% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Darlyn?
Roughly 1,841 Americans named Darlyn are alive today — 88% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 23 years old, and half are between 12 and 60. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Darlyn is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org