Darlie

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies

Darlie by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Darlie.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 1936, making it a 1930s name.

What we can tell you about Darlie

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Darlie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Darciefrom Arcy; dark one513 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Darlin21 in the US (2017)
  • Darlia9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dallie8 in the US (2017)
  • Darbie6 in the US (2017)
  • Darie6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Darlie

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