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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Darcey has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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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 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#426 · 1 in 4,177
- Wisconsin#466 · 1 in 5,614
- Massachusetts#606 · 1 in 8,450
- Michigan#847 · 1 in 12,347
- Illinois#933 · 1 in 12,534
Best ever in a state: #426 in Iowa, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #426 | 5 | 1 in 4,177 |
| Wisconsin | #466 | 6 | 1 in 5,614 |
| Massachusetts | #606 | 5 | 1 in 8,450 |
| Michigan | #847 | 6 | 1 in 12,347 |
| Illinois | #933 | 7 | 1 in 12,534 |
| New York | #1,312 | 7 | 1 in 20,200 |
| California | #1,553 | 7 | 1 in 23,433 |
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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 Darcey
- 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)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1970 at #1,354 (77 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 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.
Darcey in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 22,703 of them was named Darcey, which outranked 85.5% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,343Suzie78
- #1,343Taunya78
- #1,343Tony78
- #1,354Darcey77
- #1,354Carman77
- #1,354Chana77
- #1,354Chantell77
- #1,369Brittany76
- #1,369Carina76
- #1,369Darleen76
Tied with 14 names at #1,354; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 309,705 of them was named Darcey, which outranked 22.1% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,836Zan7
- #3,836Zeferino7
- #3,836Zoe7
- #4,230Darcey6
- #4,230Abbott6
- #4,230Abdon6
- #4,230Ade6
- #4,724Abelino5
- #4,724Abimael5
- #4,724Adolpho5
Tied with 493 names at #4,230; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.