Darcey
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Last seen for boys in 1981 at #4,509
- Given to girls 95.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 77 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,070since 1947
Darcey over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Darcey has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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 | #8,860 | 11 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,104 | 34 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,704 | 35 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,266 | 43 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #2,308 | 42 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,343 | 40 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #1,883 | 48 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,655 | 58 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,646 | 56 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,450 | 66 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,607 | 56 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #1,586 | 60 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #1,354 | 77 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #1,453 | 65 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #1,365 | 67 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #1,474 | 56 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,836 | 41 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,981 | 35 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 42 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,893 | 37 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,673 | 45 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,021 | 31 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1947
The first year at least five girls were named Darcey! It came in at #5,295, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1950, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Darcey is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Darcey in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Darcey
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 4,617 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #8,860)
- 454 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #8,860)
- 71 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1970 at #1,354 (77 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,094
- Highest: 1 in 22,094 girls born in 1973 were named Darcey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,354 in 1970, was only 1 in 22,703 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 26.7% of all girls named Darcey (553) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 17 | #4,205 (1948) | #4,915 |
| 1950s | 186 | #2,021 (1959) | #2,689 |
| 1960s | 455 | #1,365 (1968) | #1,757 |
| 1970s | 553 | #1,354 (1970) | #1,769 |
| 1980s | 349 | #2,266 (1984) | #2,811 |
| 1990s | 209 | #3,523 (1990) | #5,196 |
| 2000s | 104 | #6,619 (2001) | #10,293 |
| 2010s | 125 | #6,808 (2017) | #9,062 |
| 2020s | 72 | #6,229 (2022) | #8,998 |
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.
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