NameTides

Darcy

Darcy was the #857 girls' name in the US in 2025 (316 babies), and #140 in England & Wales and #1,177 in Canada.

Darcy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Darcy 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandUSCanada
Darcy 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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#857 (316)#140 (351)#100 (44)#106 (20)#247 (17)#1,177 (22)
2024#978 (265)#143 (346)#152 (28)#101 (20)#243 (17)#1,479 (16)
2023#1,018 (248)#144 (344)#109 (40)#99 (21)#202 (22)#1,369 (17)
2022#1,068 (236)#158 (313)#133 (32)#140 (15)#214 (21)#859 (31)
2021#1,127 (219)#146 (351)#187 (23)#152 (15)#209 (22)#1,286 (19)
2020#1,189 (195)#122 (399)#167 (24)#114 (18)#168 (28)#1,557 (14)
2019#1,109 (220)#115 (440)#97 (45)#82 (27)#177 (29)#1,342 (18)
2018#1,150 (211)#104 (501)#81 (55)#86 (28)#211 (23)#1,376 (17)
2017#1,287 (183)#97 (558)#103 (45)#74 (31)#142 (40)#1,584 (14)
2016#1,278 (189)#98 (566)#127 (38)#61 (39)#137 (43)#1,690 (13)
2015#1,399 (167)#89 (606)#86 (59)#69 (37)#146 (40)#1,584 (14)
2014#1,291 (184)#93 (606)#99 (48)#64 (36)#174 (31)#1,681 (13)
2013#1,435 (157)#93 (588)#102 (46)#83 (29)#148 (40)#2,058 (10)
2012#1,552 (141)#107 (528)#72 (73)#84 (29)#225 (24)#1,695 (13)
2011#1,524 (144)#110 (520)#116 (40)#70 (34)#250 (21)#2,009 (10)

Darcy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Darcy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Darcy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#4,139 (25)#1,153 (25)#560 (5)—#829 (3)#685 (40)#79 (103)#53 (129)
2024#3,793 (29)#1,595 (16)#432 (7)——#1,026 (24)#81 (100)#57 (126)
2023#5,470 (17)#1,701 (14)———#911 (26)#83 (96)#50 (119)
2022#6,147 (14)#2,019 (11)———#971 (24)—#60 (109)
2021#5,338 (17)#1,782 (13)———#892 (27)—#65 (106)
2020#8,067 (9)#1,723 (13)——#556 (5)#1,223 (17)—#71 (99)
2019#7,173 (11)#1,745 (13)———#1,029 (21)—#71 (108)
2018#5,770 (15)#2,259 (9)——#572 (5)#1,021 (21)#74 (125)#52 (118)
2017#6,338 (13)#1,339 (19)———#741 (33)#78 (114)#48 (141)
2016#9,664 (7)#1,319 (20)——#601 (4)#1,026 (21)#100 (95)#87 (76)
2015#6,676 (12)#740 (44)———#1,164 (17)—#92 (66)
2014#6,632 (12)#650 (52)———#854 (27)#99 (100)—
2013#5,923 (14)#1,001 (28)———#1,028 (20)#96 (107)#84 (80)
2012#8,158 (9)#1,021 (27)—#273 (6)#548 (5)#996 (21)#100 (110)#95 (78)
2011#5,675 (15)#852 (34)——#540 (5)#818 (27)—#75 (90)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1968 at #349.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1917.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 93% of US babies named Darcy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 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 5,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 720common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 410common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 360common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Darcy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 5,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Darcy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,742CAUtah: #385UTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #307KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #497TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #864FL
Darcy (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Darcy (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DarcyCanadaGirls#1,17722
DarcyCanadaBoys#68540
D'ArcyCanadaBoys—too few
DarcyEngland & WalesGirls#140351
D'ArcyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DarcyEngland & WalesBoys#1,15325
D'ArcyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DarcyIrelandGirls#24717
DarcyIrelandBoys#8293
DarcyNorthern IrelandGirls#10620
D'arcyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DarcyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DarcyNSWBoys#79103
DarcyScotlandGirls#10044
D'arcyScotlandGirls—too few
DarcyScotlandBoys#5605
DarcyUSGirls#857316
DarcyUSBoys#4,13925
DarcyVICBoys#53129