Declining since 2014, #14,942 for girls today.
Popularity of Darlynn since 1937
Babies named Darlynn per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1956, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Darlynn's real moment was 1967.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 11 |
| 1940s | 99 |
| 1950s | 156 |
| 1960s | 164 |
| 1970s | 57 |
| 1980s | 12 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 13 |
| 2010s | 45 |
| 2020s | 30 |
Meaning & origin
Darlynn is a Modern English coinage that first appeared on U.S. birth records in 1937, fitting into the mid-20th century fashion for feminine names ending in -lynn. It reached its peak popularity in 1967, when it was at its highest rank, but has since declined significantly. Since 2014, its usage has been on a steady downward trajectory, and in 2025 it was given to roughly 1 in every 321,453 newborn girls, ranking 14,942. The name never broke into the top 1,000 and has no strong geographic concentration among states. As a compound name, it shares the stylistic elements of other mid-century inventions like Marlene and Sharleen. Its origins remain obscure, with no known pre-modern etymology, making it a distinctly American 20th-century creation.
Darlynn first appeared in the United States in the late 1930s as a feminine given name. It is likely a modern coinage combining elements from names like Darlene, itself a 19th-century invention, with the popular suffix -lynn, which gained widespread use in the mid-20th century. No earlier historical or cross-cultural antecedents are known.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Darla, Lynn
Sibling names for Darlynn
Names that share Darlynn's style, for a brother or sister.
