Darby
#2,564 for girls in 2025, 68 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 73.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1995 · 491 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,338since 1936
Darby over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,564 | 68 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #3,119 | 51 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #2,415 | 74 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #2,579 | 68 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #2,024 | 95 | #4,494 | 22 |
| 2020 | #2,196 | 82 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #2,109 | 89 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #2,130 | 89 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2017 | #1,721 | 123 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #1,735 | 120 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #1,861 | 110 | #3,882 | 27 |
| 2014 | #1,892 | 106 | #3,617 | 29 |
| 2013 | #1,737 | 119 | #3,339 | 32 |
| 2012 | #1,744 | 118 | #2,905 | 40 |
| 2011 | #1,592 | 136 | #3,046 | 37 |
| 2010 | #1,481 | 152 | #2,632 | 46 |
| 2009 | #1,639 | 136 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | #1,461 | 161 | #3,103 | 37 |
| 2007 | #1,292 | 189 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2006 | #1,440 | 156 | #2,979 | 37 |
| 2005 | #1,168 | 197 | #3,710 | 25 |
| 2004 | #1,191 | 188 | #3,636 | 25 |
| 2003 | #1,054 | 215 | #2,312 | 46 |
| 2002 | #951 | 235 | #2,685 | 35 |
| 2001 | #989 | 217 | #2,618 | 36 |
| 2000 | #866 | 254 | #2,379 | 40 |
| 1999 | #750 | 298 | #2,462 | 36 |
| 1998 | #686 | 330 | #2,274 | 39 |
| 1997 | #578 | 401 | #2,311 | 36 |
| 1996 | #542 | 431 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | #499 | 491 | #1,801 | 48 |
| 1994 | #666 | 321 | #2,259 | 35 |
| 1993 | #1,325 | 126 | #2,347 | 32 |
| 1992 | #1,894 | 74 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | #2,215 | 59 | #2,227 | 32 |
| 1990 | #1,989 | 68 | #2,170 | 33 |
| 1989 | #1,834 | 72 | #2,027 | 35 |
| 1988 | #1,802 | 69 | #2,035 | 31 |
| 1987 | #2,129 | 51 | #2,115 | 28 |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | #1,473 | 84 | #2,071 | 27 |
| 1984 | #1,703 | 64 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #1,644 | 67 | #1,822 | 30 |
| 1982 | #1,720 | 65 | #2,111 | 25 |
| 1981 | #1,319 | 95 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1980 | #2,096 | 49 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #1,897 | 55 | #1,598 | 36 |
| 1978 | #1,824 | 55 | #1,177 | 57 |
| 1977 | #1,952 | 50 | #1,367 | 44 |
| 1976 | #1,747 | 54 | #1,144 | 56 |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 | #1,191 | 50 |
| 1974 | #1,428 | 71 | #953 | 73 |
| 1973 | #1,832 | 46 | #914 | 77 |
| 1972 | #1,394 | 71 | #856 | 88 |
| 1971 | #1,253 | 88 | #822 | 96 |
| 1970 | #1,293 | 83 | #721 | 130 |
| 1969 | #1,648 | 53 | #770 | 102 |
| 1968 | #1,647 | 49 | #930 | 61 |
| 1967 | #1,559 | 52 | #1,364 | 31 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | #1,299 | 34 |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 | #1,545 | 26 |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | #1,708 | 44 | #1,295 | 36 |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 | #1,349 | 35 |
| 1960 | #1,561 | 51 | #1,295 | 37 |
| 1959 | #1,918 | 34 | #1,129 | 47 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 | #1,277 | 36 |
| 1957 | #2,121 | 27 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #1,404 | 51 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | #1,668 | 21 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #1,845 | 27 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
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| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
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| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Darby! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Darby is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Florida#584 · 1 in 6,258
- Pennsylvania#797 · 1 in 15,864
Best ever in a state: #125 in Montana, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Florida | #584 | 8 | 1 in 6,258 |
| Pennsylvania | #797 | 7 | 1 in 15,864 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Darby
- 555 spots since 2024 (#3,119 → #2,564)
- 368 spots since 2020 (#2,196 → #2,564)
- 703 spots since 2015 (#1,861 → #2,564)
- Biggest jump: 659 spots in 1994 (#1,325 → #666)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 2001 (#866 → #989)
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1995 at #499 (491 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1994–2002
- Highest: 1 in 3,582 girls born in 1995 were named Darby (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.2% of all girls named Darby (2,599) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1978, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | #3,145 (1939) | #3,663 |
| 1940s | 176 | #1,708 (1948) | #2,356 |
| 1950s | 276 | #1,404 (1955) | #2,110 |
| 1960s | 444 | #1,553 (1961) | #1,753 |
| 1970s | 616 | #1,253 (1971) | #1,664 |
| 1980s | 666 | #1,319 (1981) | #1,784 |
| 1990s | 2,599 | #499 (1995) | #1,114 |
| 2000s | 1,948 | #866 (2000) | #1,205 |
| 2010s | 1,162 | #1,481 (2010) | #1,800 |
| 2020s | 438 | #2,024 (2021) | #2,483 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Darby in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 38,085 of them was named Darby, which outranked 79.4% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,533Thresa54
- #1,533Treasa54
- #1,533Zina54
- #1,553Darby53
- #1,553Carlyn53
- #1,553Cherlyn53
- #1,553Devon53
- #1,568Alexandria52
- #1,568Genia52
- #1,568Gia52
Tied with 14 names at #1,553; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 60,691 of them was named Darby, which outranked 71.0% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,322Theo36
- #1,322Torrence36
- #1,322Verlin36
- #1,349Darby35
- #1,349Adrain35
- #1,349Antonia35
- #1,349Ariel35
- #1,368Armond34
- #1,368Arron34
- #1,368Beverly34
Tied with 18 names at #1,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.