girls:
8.2k births since 1936
#1794 (69th percentile)
boys:
2.9k births since 1913
#2330 (49th percentile)
overall:
11.1k births since 1913
#2491 (68th percentile)
The name Darby is the #2,491 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,136 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 67.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,794 (68.6% percentile) for all time with 8,219 births since 1936. For boys, it ranks #2,330 (49.2% percentile) for all time with 2,917 births since 1913.
Darby first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1936 for girls). Birth data for Darby is available in 102 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (101 years for boys and 86 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Darby has been given predominantly to girls, with 73.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 78.7% of babies named Darby were girls. Interestingly, until around 1942, the name was more popular for boys (83.0% boys from 1913 to 1941), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (74.7% girls from 1942 to 2023).
For girls, Darby reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 48.2% percentile (ranked #440) with 256 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 256 births per million (ranked 48.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1998, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Darby ranks #878 for girls (7.3% percentile) with 42 births per million, which is 16.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Darby reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 18.3% percentile (ranked #546) with 68 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 68 births per million (ranked 18.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Darby ranks #896 for boys (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 16.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Darby".
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