Darby

Where Darby comes from

From the English place name Derby, from Old Norse djúr (“deer”) + býr (“settlement”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Darby
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1936
    First appearance
    #4,181 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Darby Stanchfield born
    American actress
  3. 1979
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1995
    Peak, #499
    491 babies named Darby — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #989.
  6. 2007
    Darby Camp born
    American actress
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  • A number of places in the United States:
  • A town in Ravalli County, Montana.
  • Three townships in Ohio, in Madison County, Pickaway County and Union County.
Namesakes
  • Darby Stanchfield · American actress, born 1971
  • Darby Camp · American actress, born 2007
  • Darby Crash · American musician, 1958–1980
  • Darby Lloyd Rains · American pornographic actress, born 1947
  • Darby Hinton · actor, born 1957, born 1957

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.