NameTides

Darla

Darla was the #941 girls' name in the US in 2025 (275 babies), and #346 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Darla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Darla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Darla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#941 (275)#346 (124)#272 (13)#334 (4)#184 (25)#1,315 (19)
2024#1,025 (246)#408 (105)#207 (18)#192 (9)#243 (17)#1,409 (17)
2023#1,202 (199)#389 (106)#236 (16)#391 (3)#237 (17)#2,900 (6)
2022#1,190 (202)#433 (98)#324 (10)#266 (6)#338 (12)#2,315 (8)
2021#1,236 (190)#513 (80)#792 (3)—#430 (9)#2,377 (8)
2020#1,412 (155)#597 (65)—#397 (3)#375 (10)#2,343 (8)
2019#1,366 (165)#778 (48)—#298 (5)#716 (4)#2,610 (7)
2018#1,271 (181)#745 (53)#583 (5)—#361 (12)#2,587 (7)
2017#1,416 (161)#814 (47)—#355 (4)#651 (5)#2,609 (7)
2016#1,294 (185)#1,689 (18)——#750 (4)#2,195 (9)
2015#1,677 (127)#984 (36)———#2,599 (7)
2014#1,416 (161)#1,501 (20)——#752 (4)#3,316 (5)
2013#1,470 (151)#1,707 (17)———#1,599 (14)
2012#1,346 (174)#1,991 (14)—#451 (3)—#1,904 (11)
2011#1,531 (143)#2,275 (11)———#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1963 at #165.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1924.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 850common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Darla is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 6,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Darla by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #628CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #820TXFlorida: #864FL
Darla (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DarlaCanadaGirls#1,31519
DarlaEngland & WalesGirls#346124
DarlaIrelandGirls#18425
DarlaNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
DarlaScotlandGirls#27213
DarlaUSGirls#941275
DarlaUSBoys—too few