Darcy
#857 for girls in 2025, 316 births · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to girls 89.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 644 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,418since 1917
Darcy 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 | #857 | 316 | #4,139 | 25 |
| 2024 | #978 | 265 | #3,793 | 29 |
| 2023 | #1,018 | 248 | #5,470 | 17 |
| 2022 | #1,068 | 236 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #1,127 | 219 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #1,189 | 195 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #1,109 | 220 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #1,150 | 211 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #1,287 | 183 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #1,278 | 189 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #1,399 | 167 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #1,291 | 184 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #1,435 | 157 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #1,552 | 141 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #1,524 | 144 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #1,529 | 146 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #1,710 | 129 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #1,479 | 158 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #1,704 | 128 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #1,878 | 108 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #1,657 | 120 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #1,781 | 107 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #1,395 | 142 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #1,338 | 145 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #1,206 | 169 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #1,381 | 135 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #1,275 | 145 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #1,195 | 155 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #1,186 | 154 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #1,194 | 151 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #1,131 | 155 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #985 | 188 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #895 | 215 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #929 | 209 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #789 | 259 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #783 | 257 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #719 | 275 | #2,469 | 26 |
| 1988 | #762 | 245 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #846 | 204 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | #667 | 276 | #1,617 | 40 |
| 1985 | #632 | 294 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #519 | 374 | #1,885 | 29 |
| 1983 | #524 | 361 | #1,864 | 29 |
| 1982 | #504 | 400 | #1,890 | 29 |
| 1981 | #510 | 390 | #1,942 | 28 |
| 1980 | #460 | 460 | #2,162 | 24 |
| 1979 | #493 | 410 | #1,633 | 35 |
| 1978 | #495 | 392 | #1,537 | 37 |
| 1977 | #463 | 424 | #1,335 | 46 |
| 1976 | #446 | 436 | #1,154 | 55 |
| 1975 | #424 | 473 | #1,280 | 45 |
| 1974 | #396 | 516 | #1,091 | 57 |
| 1973 | #411 | 483 | #1,123 | 53 |
| 1972 | #393 | 522 | #1,098 | 55 |
| 1971 | #366 | 648 | #1,014 | 64 |
| 1970 | #362 | 681 | #898 | 80 |
| 1969 | #365 | 639 | #920 | 68 |
| 1968 | #349 | 644 | #869 | 69 |
| 1967 | #387 | 560 | #915 | 62 |
| 1966 | #412 | 505 | #991 | 54 |
| 1965 | #399 | 544 | #934 | 62 |
| 1964 | #397 | 602 | #1,126 | 46 |
| 1963 | #424 | 524 | #891 | 70 |
| 1962 | #433 | 506 | #1,028 | 55 |
| 1961 | #402 | 584 | #933 | 67 |
| 1960 | #443 | 480 | #1,008 | 58 |
| 1959 | #477 | 414 | #975 | 62 |
| 1958 | #545 | 314 | #892 | 71 |
| 1957 | #565 | 290 | #873 | 75 |
| 1956 | #511 | 334 | #1,008 | 55 |
| 1955 | #534 | 297 | #874 | 71 |
| 1954 | #518 | 296 | #985 | 57 |
| 1953 | #561 | 242 | #1,189 | 39 |
| 1952 | #627 | 197 | #1,111 | 43 |
| 1951 | #615 | 194 | #1,218 | 36 |
| 1950 | #765 | 128 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1949 | #958 | 87 | #1,544 | 23 |
| 1948 | #1,197 | 57 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,120 | 64 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,239 | 48 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Darcy! It came in at #4,594, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1929, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Darcy
- 121 spots since 2024 (#978 → #857)
- 332 spots since 2020 (#1,189 → #857)
- 542 spots since 2015 (#1,399 → #857)
- Biggest jump: 239 spots in 1949 (#1,197 → #958)
- Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1987 (#667 → #846)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1968 at #349 (644 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1949–1994
- Highest: 1 in 2,547 girls born in 1968 were named Darcy (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,086 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 23.9% of all girls named Darcy (5,588) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1942, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,594 (1917) | #4,594 |
| 1920s | 10 | #4,570 (1929) | #4,688 |
| 1930s | 33 | #2,845 (1930) | #3,702 |
| 1940s | 362 | #958 (1949) | #1,717 |
| 1950s | 2,706 | #477 (1959) | #572 |
| 1960s | 5,588 | #349 (1968) | #401 |
| 1970s | 4,985 | #362 (1970) | #425 |
| 1980s | 3,279 | #460 (1980) | #614 |
| 1990s | 1,888 | #783 (1990) | #1,036 |
| 2000s | 1,341 | #1,206 (2001) | #1,553 |
| 2010s | 1,742 | #1,109 (2019) | #1,355 |
| 2020s | 1,479 | #857 (2025) | #1,040 |
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.
Darcy in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 15,399 of them was named Darcy, which outranked 91.4% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,645Kelsea121
- #1,645Suzanne121
- #1,645Willa121
- #1,657Darcy120
- #1,657Carter120
- #1,657Jennie120
- #1,657Kaileigh120
- #1,668Adrianne119
- #1,668Amie119
- #1,668Angelena119
Tied with 10 names at #1,657; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 221,923 of them was named Darcy, which outranked 42.9% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,096Zidane10
- #7,096Ziyan10
- #7,096Zyere10
- #7,640Darcy9
- #7,640Aashish9
- #7,640Abdelaziz9
- #7,640Abdoulie9
- #8,299Abass8
- #8,299Abdulai8
- #8,299Abukar8
Tied with 658 names at #7,640; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.