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Girl

Darla

Darla means "Modern coinage", according to etymological references. It has not kept pace since its 1960s peak. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. 1963 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

EtymologyModern coinage
EtymologyDiminutive of Darlene – "dear one"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
33
1930s
1,206
1940s
4,229
1950s
9,601
1960s
16,358
1970s
5,387
1980s
1,995
1990s
968
2000s
1,058
2010s
1,235
Peaked in the 1960s · 42,070 total U.S. births since 1900