Female name
Darlene
205,546 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1958. Expression number: 5.
Origin
A 20th-century coinage from darling and names like Charlene and Marlene.From Wiktionary, entry “Darlene”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1958: 8,307 births. 205,546 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. At its peak, it ranked 49th among girls' names in 1958. It really came into use around 1911. It is still given: 540 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 344 | 2012–2023 | — |
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
5
freedom, change, movement
4 + 1 + 9 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 32 → 5
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
1 + 5 + 5 = 11
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
4 + 9 + 3 + 5 = 21 → 3
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.