Darcy

Where Darcy comes from

Originally from Bois-d'Arcy, Yvelines in Northern France. Related to archaic French ardre (“to burn, consume”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Darcy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #4,594 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1943
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1968
    Peak, #349
    644 babies named Darcy — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #632.
  5. 1990
    Darcy Kuemper born
    Canadian ice hockey goaltender
  6. 1998
    Darcy Rose Byrnes born
    American actress
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly mid-20th century and later American usage.
Namesakes
  • Darcy Rose Byrnes · American actress, born 1998
  • Darcy Kuemper · Canadian ice hockey goaltender, born 1990
  • Darcy Hadfield · New Zealand rower, 1889–1964
  • Darcy Marquardt · Canadian rower, born 1979
  • Darcy Ribeiro · Brazilian politician and academic, 1922–1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.