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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #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
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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.

Where Darcy is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedAKMaine: #223 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,183 girlsMEVermont: #125 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 492 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #178 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 938 girlsNHWashington: #217 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,147 girlsWAIdaho: #200 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 955 girlsIDMontana: #140 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 549 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #189 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 869 girlsNDMinnesota: #235 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,474 girlsMNIllinois: #509 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,732 girlsILWisconsin: #366 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,218 girlsWIMichigan: #259 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,693 girlsMINew York: #428 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,892 girlsNYMassachusetts: #476 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,236 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedRIOregon: #268 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,545 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #110 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 472 girlsSDIowa: #190 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,093 girlsIAIndiana: #432 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,479 girlsINOhio: #495 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,597 girlsOHPennsylvania: #612 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,000 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #317 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,027 girlsCTCalifornia: #566 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 3,932 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedUTColorado: #276 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,572 girlsCONebraska: #210 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,092 girlsNEMissouri: #423 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,406 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedDEArizona: #462 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,731 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedNMKansas: #387 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,687 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #482 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,401 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Darcy, so not publishedHITexas: #1,202 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,924 girlsTXFlorida: #650 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,891 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#110 · 1 in 472
  2. Vermont#125 · 1 in 492
  3. Montana#140 · 1 in 549
  4. New Hampshire#178 · 1 in 938
  5. North Dakota#189 · 1 in 869

Best ever in a state: #60 in Vermont, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#11091 in 472
Vermont#12551 in 492
Montana#14081 in 549
New Hampshire#17851 in 938
North Dakota#18951 in 869
Iowa#190171 in 1,093
Idaho#20071 in 955
Nebraska#21091 in 1,092
Washington#217201 in 1,147
Maine#22351 in 1,183
Minnesota#235181 in 1,474
Michigan#259341 in 1,693
Oregon#268101 in 1,545
Colorado#276111 in 1,572
Connecticut#31771 in 2,027
Wisconsin#36691 in 3,218
Kansas#38751 in 2,687
Missouri#42391 in 3,406
New York#428341 in 2,892
Indiana#432101 in 3,479
Arizona#46261 in 2,731
Massachusetts#47671 in 4,236
Oklahoma#48251 in 3,401
Ohio#495151 in 4,597
Illinois#509191 in 3,732
California#566391 in 3,932
Pennsylvania#612111 in 6,000
Florida#65091 in 4,891
Texas#1,20281 in 12,924
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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 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 1978

girls
#495
392 births · 1 in 3,908 girls
boys
#1,537
37 births · 1 in 44,374 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #495Darcy392

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #1,537Darcy37
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 3,908 of them was named Darcy, which outranked 95.7% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darcy
  1. #492Tera395
  2. #493Kisha394
  3. #494Marianne393
  4. #495Darcy392
  5. #495Gail392
  6. #497Aubrey389
  7. #498Susana388
  8. #499Marci387

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

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 44,374 of them was named Darcy, which outranked 77.3% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darcy
  1. #1,508Ritchie38
  2. #1,508Teodoro38
  3. #1,508Tramaine38
  4. #1,537Darcy37
  5. #1,537Adonis37
  6. #1,537Adriel37
  7. #1,537Antwaun37
  8. #1,570Ashton36
  9. #1,570Avi36
  10. #1,570Brantley36

Tied with 32 names at #1,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →