Given name
Darleen
“ouf little darling”
In English use, Darleen has a related form in Darlene. One English interpretation is “ouf little darling.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Darleen has a related form in Darlene. One English interpretation is “ouf little darling.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Darleen has a related form in Darlene. An origin associated with Darlene is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darleen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,332
- 0 boys · 8,332 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 231 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,607 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −58%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,607 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 58.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 231 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,799 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Darleen’s family of names
In English usage, Darleen has a related form in Darlene.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Darleen
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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