Darlene

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Darlene: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Darlene: Recorded since 1980, with a gap of 14 years, its highest recorded position is #432, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#432highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Darlene's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1999	#3900
2000	#2746
2002	#2540
2005	#4798
2006	#2509
2008	#4524
2010	#4012
2012	#4838
2014	#5691
2015	#4736
2016	#4096
2017	#4763
2019	#4686
2022	#4645
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 17 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 1996: #534 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3126 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1980–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1980
First recorded at #432 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1980 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1980–1996
Highest recorded position: #432 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1980 (recorded 1980–1996).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Darlene appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 17 ranked years and 72 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1980.

Darlene across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Darlene's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2509 (2006)	#5891 (2024)	17 of 29	72 (1996–2024)	8 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#432 (1980)	#432 (1980)	#534 (1996)	3 of 17	11 (1980–1996)	5 (1980)

Darlene by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Darlene in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	26	5 of 10	5
2010s	29	7 of 10	4
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Darlene appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #432 in Republic of Ireland in 1980.

Darlene's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1980 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #432, first reached in 1980.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 16 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
11separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
14 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aarush · #432, 21y
Abram · #432, 18y
Georgia-Mae · #432, 22y
Torrin · #432, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Lorena · #424, 32y
Jordana · #423, 18y
Joelle · #442, 31y
Deana · #445, 24y

Darlene was ranked #432 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1980. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Darlene and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Darlene without appearing here.

Darlene moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4524 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2509 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.
Lene Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4798 and #4798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2509 and #4157.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Darlene

Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.
Luca Compare
In 1998 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #1970.
Selma Compare
In 1998 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2444.

Moved the opposite way to Darlene

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darlene went from #3126 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darlene went from #3126 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darlene went from #3126 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darlene went from #3126 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Darlene

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darlene went from #3126 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darlene went from #3126 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darlene went from #3126 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darlene went from #3126 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #432 in Republic of Ireland in 1980. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Darlene

Darlene at a glance

What stands out in Darlene's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darlene across 2 official records

Darlene by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Darlene appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Darlene and the names beside it

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Darlene at a glance

What stands out in Darlene's record

Darlene across 2 official records

Darlene by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Darlene appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Darlene

Darlene and the names beside it

Darlene moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Darlene

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