Darcy

#857 for girls in 2025, 316 births · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to girls 89.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1968 · 644 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,418
since 1917

Darcy over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #349, 1968peak #869, 1968girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#857316#4,13925
2024#978265#3,79329
2023#1,018248#5,47017
2022#1,068236#6,14714
2021#1,127219#5,33817
2020#1,189195#8,0679
2019#1,109220#7,17311
2018#1,150211#5,77015
2017#1,287183#6,33813
2016#1,278189#9,6647
2015#1,399167#6,67612
2014#1,291184#6,63212
2013#1,435157#5,92314
2012#1,552141#8,1589
2011#1,524144#5,67515
2010#1,529146#6,69812
2009#1,710129#7,23611
2008#1,479158#6,39313
2007#1,704128#8,1739
2006#1,878108#6,90411
2005#1,657120#7,6409
2004#1,781107#5,81313
2003#1,395142#8,6437
2002#1,338145#4,91915
2001#1,206169#9,2436
2000#1,381135#9,1126
1999#1,275145#6,04210
1998#1,195155#3,84918
1997#1,186154#4,45114
1996#1,194151#5,18711
1995#1,131155#4,28014
1994#985188#6,3728
1993#895215#3,81916
1992#929209#3,74816
1991#789259#3,81315
1990#783257#2,69524
1989#719275#2,46926
1988#762245#2,50923
1987#846204#2,05729
1986#667276#1,61740
1985#632294#2,35722
1984#519374#1,88529
1983#524361#1,86429
1982#504400#1,89029
1981#510390#1,94228
1980#460460#2,16224
1979#493410#1,63335
1978#495392#1,53737
1977#463424#1,33546
1976#446436#1,15455
1975#424473#1,28045
1974#396516#1,09157
1973#411483#1,12353
1972#393522#1,09855
1971#366648#1,01464
1970#362681#89880
1969#365639#92068
1968#349644#86969
1967#387560#91562
1966#412505#99154
1965#399544#93462
1964#397602#1,12646
1963#424524#89170
1962#433506#1,02855
1961#402584#93367
1960#443480#1,00858
1959#477414#97562
1958#545314#89271
1957#565290#87375
1956#511334#1,00855
1955#534297#87471
1954#518296#98557
1953#561242#1,18939
1952#627197#1,11143
1951#615194#1,21836
1950#765128#1,08642
1949#95887#1,54423
1948#1,19757#1,65620
1947#1,12064#1,73319
1946#1,23948#1,94914
1945#1,66025#2,3939
1944#1,91620#2,19511
1943#1,90021#2,18212
1942#2,41614#1,86715
1941#2,19015#2,33310
1940#2,57211#2,4789
1939#2,15911
1938
1937#3,8006#2,4799
1936#3,3767#2,30110
1935#4,2045
1934#4,2865#2,02213
1933#3,2686
1932#2,46510
1931
1930#2,84510#4,0015
1929#4,5705#2,19913
1928#2,65910
1927#4,8055#1,95917
1926#3,7086
1925
1924#3,5057
1923#4,2395
1922#2,34713
1921#2,9869
1920#2,9679
1919#2,66510
1918#3,3687
1917#4,5945#2,28012
1916#3,8975
1915#2,31011
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First appearance
1917

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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1968 at #349 (644 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1949–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,547
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 23.9% of all girls named Darcy (5,588) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1943
  • Mostly boys until 1942, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,594 (1917)#4,594
1920s10#4,570 (1929)#4,688
1930s33#2,845 (1930)#3,702
1940s362#958 (1949)#1,717
1950s2,706#477 (1959)#572
1960s5,588#349 (1968)#401
1970s4,985#362 (1970)#425
1980s3,279#460 (1980)#614
1990s1,888#783 (1990)#1,036
2000s1,341#1,206 (2001)#1,553
2010s1,742#1,109 (2019)#1,355
2020s1,479#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 2021

girls
#1,127
219 births · 1 in 7,493 girls
boys
#5,338
17 births · 1 in 102,911 boys

Top girls' names in 2021

  1. #1Olivia17,847
  2. #2Emma15,549
  3. #3Charlotte13,368
  4. #4Amelia13,041
  5. #5Ava12,873
  6. #6Sophia12,585
  7. #7Isabella11,309
  8. #8Mia11,177
  9. #9Evelyn9,495
  10. #10Harper8,448
  11. #1,127Darcy219

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #5,338Darcy17
More about 2021

girls

1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 7,493 of them was named Darcy, which outranked 93.6% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darcy
  1. #1,122Malka220
  2. #1,122Reya220
  3. #1,122Zaira220
  4. #1,127Darcy219
  5. #1,127Harleigh219
  6. #1,129Carolyn218
  7. #1,129Elouise218
  8. #1,129Memphis218

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. 437Raya#932#495
  2. 396Wrenley#893#497
  3. 298Angelique#1,173#875
  4. 283Emberlynn#1,241#958
  5. 276Flora#924#648
Fallers
  1. 475Denisse#852#1,327
  2. 347Denise#876#1,223
  3. 267Karen#821#1,088
  4. 227Keily#854#1,081
  5. 227Nathalie#911#1,138

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 102,911 of them was named Darcy, which outranked 62.1% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darcy
  1. #5,110Zaevion18
  2. #5,110Zayed18
  3. #5,110Zayvien18
  4. #5,338Darcy17
  5. #5,338Aadhav17
  6. #5,338Aadit17
  7. #5,338Aadyn17
  8. #5,562Aadhvik16
  9. #5,562Acari16
  10. #5,562Adams16

Tied with 223 names at #5,338; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. 536Amiri#1,295#759
  2. 438Eliam#1,177#739
  3. 343Colter#972#629
  4. 333Ozzy#1,046#713
  5. 299Loyal#1,053#754
Fallers
  1. 352Jaxtyn#585#937
  2. 259Karsyn#698#957
  3. 231Xzavier#976#1,207
  4. 208Tristen#846#1,054
  5. 208Willie#992#1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021