Darcy
Darcy is ranked 983rd among girls in 2024 (262 births). Its best rank was 349th, in 1968.
- Rank in 2024
- #983outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2620.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 1970681 births
- Best rank
- #349in 1968
- Since 1917
- 25,860people given the name
The story in the numbers
23,100 girls have been named Darcy in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 681 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1960s alone account for 24%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 2,760 boys have also been given it, 11% of the total.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Darcy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 10 | |
| 1930s | 33 | |
| 1940s | 362 | |
| 1950s | 2,705 | |
| 1960s | 5,589 | |
| 1970s | 4,986 | |
| 1980s | 3,279 | |
| 1990s | 1,888 | |
| 2000s | 1,341 | |
| 2010s | 1,742 | |
| 2020s | 1,160 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Darcy was the 362nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Darcy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kendapeak 1964
- Evettepeak 1967
- Zoraidapeak 1961
- Robynnpeak 1961
- Darceypeak 1970
- Jonapeak 1964
- Janapeak 1961
- Renaepeak 1970
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.