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Darcy

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
2
Peak era
2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

from the Anglo-Norman surname d'Arcy, meaning 'from Arcy' (a place in Normandy)

How popular is Darcy around the world?

In the United States, 1,590 babies were named Darcy between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 33 boys were registered as Darcy in 2017.

Darcy is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, New South Wales, New Zealand, Scotland, England and Wales, Ireland, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Spain.

United States

1 in 14,000

In the United States, 1,590 babies were named Darcy between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Darcy peaked in the 2020s. In US birth records Darcy has stayed between 1,441 and 6,199 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 530 · 2017

In South Australia, 33 boys were registered as Darcy in 2017.

1944peak 2001

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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New South Wales

#79 · 2025

In New South Wales, 103 boys named Darcy were registered in 2025, ranked 79th in that year’s top 100 for boys.

1990peak 2018

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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New Zealand

1 in 1,300

In New Zealand, 27 boys named Darcy were registered in 2025.
In New Zealand, 19 girls named Darcy were registered in 2025.

1920peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Scotland

1 in 1,300

In Scotland, 28 girls named Darcy were registered in 2024, the 152nd most common name among girls that year.
In Scotland, 7 boys named Darcy were registered in 2024, the 432nd most common name among boys that year.

1990peak 20122024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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England and Wales

1 in 1,600

In England and Wales, 351 girls named Darcy were born in 2025, the 140th most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 20142025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Ireland

1 in 2,700

In Ireland, 17 girls named Darcy were born in 2025, the 247th most common name among girls that year.

1990peak 2016

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Canada

1 in 8,900

In Canada, 24 boys named Darcy were born in 2024, ranked 1,037th among boys that year.
In Canada, 17 girls named Darcy were born in 2024, ranked 1,399th among girls that year.

peak 19912024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Brazil

1 in 20,000

At the 2022 census, 9,979 people in Brazil were named Darcy, ranked 1,716th, with a median age of 69.
Among people named Darcy living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.

peak 1940s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Chile

1 in 180,000

In Chile, 1 girl was registered as Darcy in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

1 in 220,000

In Argentina, 3 newborns were given the name Darcy in 2024.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Spain

1 in 2.2M

In Spain, 20 residents are named Darcy, ranked 31,268th among women, with a mean age of 47.8 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Austria

last on record 2017

Darcy is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Mexico City City

last on record 2021

Darcy is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Montevideo City

last on record 2010

Darcy is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Darcy

Most people given the name Darcy in the United States were born between 1960 and 1999. The Darcy you meet today is most often in her 40s or 50s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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