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Darcy: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 316 in 2025. Its best rank was #349 in 1968.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #349 in 1968; #857 in 2025. About 93% of babies named Darcy in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#857 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1968, at #349.
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Darcy: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 316 girls in 2025. Peak: #349 in 1968 · most girls in one year: 681 (1970).
In 2025, 316 US girls were named Darcy, making it the 857th most common girls’ name of the year, up 121 places from #978 in 2024. That is 51 more than the 265 girls named Darcy in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #349, reached in 1968. The most girls given the name in a single year was 681, in 1970. For comparison, it was #1,400 in 2015 and #766 in 1950.
In 2025, 25 US boys were named Darcy, making it the 4,159th most common boys’ name of the year, down 339 places from #3,820 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 29 boys named Darcy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #870, reached in 1968. The most boys given the name in a single year was 80, in 1970. For comparison, it was #6,759 in 2015 and #1,088 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Darcy in 108 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1915 with 11 babies. In all, 26,203 US babies have been given the name, 89% of them girls and 11% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 6,199 babies named Darcy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,282 US girls were named Darcy; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 316. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,086 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Darcy ranked highest in Kentucky in 2025, at #313 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Darci (6,566 babies since 1880), Darcie (5,753 babies since 1880) and Darcey (2,163 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Darcia, Darcee and Darsi are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Darcia (543), Darcee (518), Darsi (105), Darsey (55), Darsy (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Darcy in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 26 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 14 | #313 | #761 |
| Arkansas | 8 | #390 | — |
| Utah | 11 | #391 | #744 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #397 | — |
| Alabama | 11 | #450 | #722 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #455 | #797 |
| Louisiana | 9 | #497 | — |
| Tennessee | 15 | #509 | #1,103 |
| Georgia | 17 | #624 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #654 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #661 | #1,048 |
| Ohio | 14 | #680 | — |
| Minnesota | 6 | #759 | — |
| Virginia | 9 | #785 | #1,261 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #792 | #915 |
| Colorado | 6 | #819 | #803 |
| Illinois | 11 | #819 | #1,320 |
| Missouri | 6 | #835 | — |
| Arizona | 7 | #839 | — |
| Indiana | 7 | #841 | — |
| Florida | 18 | #882 | #1,684 |
| Texas | 28 | #1,010 | #1,488 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,100 | — |
| New York | 10 | #1,345 | #2,033 |
| California | 12 | #1,765 | #1,392 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 316 | #857 | 25 | #4,159 |
| 2024 | 265 | #978 | 29 | #3,820 |
| 2023 | 248 | #1,021 | 17 | #5,507 |
| 2022 | 236 | #1,068 | 14 | #6,218 |
| 2021 | 219 | #1,127 | 17 | #5,387 |
| 2020 | 195 | #1,191 | 9 | #8,221 |
| 2019 | 220 | #1,111 | 11 | #7,278 |
| 2018 | 211 | #1,151 | 15 | #5,830 |
| 2017 | 183 | #1,287 | 13 | #6,394 |
| 2016 | 189 | #1,281 | 7 | #9,903 |
| 2015 | 167 | #1,400 | 12 | #6,759 |
| 2014 | 184 | #1,294 | 12 | #6,724 |
| 2013 | 157 | #1,436 | 14 | #5,988 |
| 2012 | 141 | #1,555 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2011 | 144 | #1,528 | 15 | #5,732 |
| 2010 | 146 | #1,531 | 12 | #6,771 |
| 2009 | 129 | #1,711 | 11 | #7,323 |
| 2008 | 158 | #1,479 | 13 | #6,475 |
| 2007 | 128 | #1,707 | 9 | #8,325 |
| 2006 | 108 | #1,881 | 11 | #7,015 |
| 2005 | 120 | #1,658 | 9 | #7,771 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,783 | 13 | #5,884 |
| 2003 | 142 | #1,397 | 7 | #8,861 |
| 2002 | 145 | #1,339 | 15 | #4,960 |
| 2001 | 169 | #1,206 | 6 | #9,521 |
| 2000 | 135 | #1,382 | 6 | #9,344 |
| 1999 | 145 | #1,276 | 10 | #6,141 |
| 1998 | 155 | #1,197 | 18 | #3,877 |
| 1997 | 154 | #1,186 | 14 | #4,495 |
| 1996 | 151 | #1,198 | 11 | #5,260 |
| 1995 | 155 | #1,132 | 14 | #4,323 |
| 1994 | 188 | #988 | 8 | #6,487 |
| 1993 | 215 | #896 | 16 | #3,859 |
| 1992 | 209 | #931 | 16 | #3,785 |
| 1991 | 259 | #790 | 15 | #3,846 |
| 1990 | 257 | #784 | 24 | #2,713 |
| 1989 | 275 | #719 | 26 | #2,491 |
| 1988 | 245 | #763 | 23 | #2,529 |
| 1987 | 204 | #847 | 29 | #2,067 |
| 1986 | 276 | #667 | 40 | #1,623 |
| 1985 | 294 | #635 | 22 | #2,369 |
| 1984 | 374 | #519 | 29 | #1,892 |
| 1983 | 361 | #524 | 29 | #1,869 |
| 1982 | 400 | #504 | 29 | #1,902 |
| 1981 | 390 | #510 | 28 | #1,956 |
| 1980 | 460 | #461 | 24 | #2,171 |
| 1979 | 410 | #493 | 35 | #1,639 |
| 1978 | 392 | #495 | 37 | #1,542 |
| 1977 | 424 | #463 | 46 | #1,338 |
| 1976 | 436 | #446 | 55 | #1,155 |
| 1975 | 473 | #424 | 45 | #1,284 |
| 1974 | 516 | #396 | 57 | #1,094 |
| 1973 | 483 | #411 | 53 | #1,126 |
| 1972 | 522 | #393 | 55 | #1,098 |
| 1971 | 648 | #366 | 64 | #1,017 |
| 1970 | 681 | #362 | 80 | #898 |
| 1969 | 639 | #365 | 68 | #924 |
| 1968 | 644 | #349 | 69 | #870 |
| 1967 | 560 | #387 | 62 | #918 |
| 1966 | 505 | #412 | 54 | #993 |
| 1965 | 544 | #399 | 62 | #937 |
| 1964 | 602 | #397 | 46 | #1,131 |
| 1963 | 524 | #424 | 70 | #893 |
| 1962 | 506 | #433 | 55 | #1,030 |
| 1961 | 584 | #402 | 67 | #934 |
| 1960 | 480 | #443 | 58 | #1,012 |
| 1959 | 414 | #477 | 62 | #978 |
| 1958 | 314 | #545 | 71 | #896 |
| 1957 | 290 | #566 | 75 | #873 |
| 1956 | 334 | #511 | 55 | #1,010 |
| 1955 | 297 | #534 | 71 | #876 |
| 1954 | 296 | #518 | 57 | #986 |
| 1953 | 242 | #561 | 39 | #1,193 |
| 1952 | 197 | #628 | 43 | #1,117 |
| 1951 | 194 | #617 | 36 | #1,223 |
| 1950 | 128 | #766 | 42 | #1,088 |
| 1949 | 87 | #958 | 23 | #1,548 |
| 1948 | 57 | #1,199 | 20 | #1,665 |
| 1947 | 64 | #1,122 | 19 | #1,747 |
| 1946 | 48 | #1,242 | 14 | #1,969 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,667 | 9 | #2,432 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,924 | 11 | #2,218 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,912 | 12 | #2,199 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,448 | 15 | #1,881 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,202 | 10 | #2,376 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,600 | 9 | #2,516 |
| 1939 | — | — | 11 | #2,192 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,890 | 9 | #2,526 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,443 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,346 | — | — |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,418 | 13 | #2,040 |
| 1933 | — | — | 6 | #3,347 |
| 1932 | — | — | 10 | #2,498 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,890 | 5 | #4,117 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,720 | 13 | #2,231 |
| 1928 | — | — | 10 | #2,697 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,967 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1926 | — | — | 6 | #3,805 |
| 1924 | — | — | 7 | #3,572 |
| 1923 | — | — | 5 | #4,370 |
| 1922 | — | — | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1921 | — | — | 9 | #3,031 |
| 1920 | — | — | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1919 | — | — | 10 | #2,719 |
| 1918 | — | — | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,743 | 12 | #2,317 |
| 1916 | — | — | 5 | #4,046 |
| 1915 | — | — | 11 | #2,340 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).