How popular is the baby name Darrylin in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Darrylin.

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Popularity of the baby name Darrylin


Posts that mention the name Darrylin

Where did the baby name Darrylin come from in 1949?

Darrylin Zanuck (1931-2015)
Darrylin Zanuck (in 1949)

Years before the boy name Darryl was at the height of its trendiness (in the early ’60s), the Darryl-based, Marilyn-like name Darrylin debuted in the baby name data:

  • 1951: 8 baby girls named Darrylin
  • 1950: unlisted
  • 1949: 11 baby girls named Darrylin [debut]
  • 1948: unlisted
  • 1947: unlisted

What made it show up in 1949 specifically?

Darrylin Zanuck, the teenage daughter of famous film producer Darryl Zanuck (founder of 20th Century Fox) and his wife Virginia (a former silent film actress).

She was in the news starting in August of 1949, after her parents announced that the 18-year-old had just gotten engaged to a 22-year-old University of Southern California student named Robert “Bob” Jacks (who went on to become a TV producer). The announcement mentioned that the couple would wed after his graduation the following year, but the pair ended up marrying just a few months later, in November.

And here’s some interesting trivia: Darrylin was a pioneering lady-surfer. In 1947, surfboard maker Joe Quigg crafted a board just for her — it was shorter and lighter than the boards being used by men at the time — and that board has since come to be known as the “Darrylin Board.”

What are your thoughts on the name Darrylin?

P.S. Here’s another name coined by Darryl and Virginia Zanuck: Darvi.

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Image: Adapted from Darrylin Zanuck via DPLA under CC BY 3.0.

Where did the baby name Bathsheba come from in 1951?

The character Bathsheba (played by actress Susan Hayward) in the movie "David and Bathsheba" (1951).
Bathsheba from “David and Bathsheba

The Biblical name Bathsheba appeared for the first time in the U.S. baby name data in 1951:

  • 1953: 14 baby girls named Bathsheba
  • 1952: 12 baby girls named Bathsheba
  • 1951: 9 baby girls named Bathsheba [debut]
  • 1950: unlisted
  • 1949: unlisted

What put it there?

The historical epic David and Bathsheba, which was released in mid-1951 and ended up becoming one of the top-grossing movies of the year. (It was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, father of Darrylin.)

The film, a retelling of the Biblical story, starred Gregory Peck as King David, whose “lust for a married woman [had] disastrous consequences for Israel.” The other star was Susan Hayward, who played Bathsheba, the wife of ill-fated soldier Uriah.

The name Bathsheba is an Anglicized form of the Hebrew name Bat Sheva, which means “daughter of the oath.” In the movie, it’s pronounced BATH-shee-bah.

What are your thoughts on the baby name Bathsheba?

Source: David and Bathsheba (1951) – TCM