Darcey

Darcey was the #8,860 girls' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies), and #329 in England & Wales.

Darcey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Darcey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandUS
Darcey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#8,860 (11)#329 (131)#429 (7)—#718 (4)—
2024#13,477 (6)#305 (141)#196 (19)#253 (6)#504 (7)—
2023#8,989 (11)#273 (163)#540 (5)#237 (7)#555 (6)—
2022#6,229 (19)#205 (244)#223 (18)#201 (9)#559 (6)—
2021#8,024 (13)#147 (350)#187 (23)#152 (15)#517 (7)—
2020#8,406 (12)#127 (389)#178 (22)#140 (14)#410 (9)—
2019#7,025 (16)#122 (416)#168 (26)#189 (10)#313 (14)—
2018#7,762 (14)#116 (464)#162 (28)#151 (14)#387 (11)—
2017#6,808 (17)#92 (568)#120 (39)#215 (8)#316 (14)—
2016#7,988 (14)#82 (662)#149 (33)#112 (22)#273 (17)—
2015#8,931 (12)#77 (737)#120 (40)#144 (16)#233 (22)—
2014#9,517 (11)#72 (727)#131 (38)#89 (26)#274 (18)#3,316 (5)
2013#13,150 (7)#84 (651)#140 (33)#103 (23)#340 (14)—
2012#7,804 (15)#89 (632)#179 (25)#131 (16)#337 (15)—
2011#11,181 (9)#131 (433)#188 (24)#189 (10)#612 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1973 at #1,450.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1947.
  • In 1981, 82% of US babies named Darcey were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 140,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Darcey is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 210,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 440,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DarceyCanadaGirls—too few
DarceyCanadaBoys—too few
DarceyEngland & WalesGirls#329131
DarceyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DarceyIrelandGirls#7184
DarceyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DarceyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DarceyScotlandGirls#4297
DarceyUSGirls#8,86011
DarceyUSBoys—too few