girls:
22.8k births since 1917
#943 (84th percentile)
boys:
2.7k births since 1915
#2414 (47th percentile)
overall:
25.6k births since 1915
#1585 (80th percentile)
The name Darcy is the #1,585 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 25,564 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 79.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 79.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #943 (83.5% percentile) for all time with 22,833 births since 1917. For boys, it ranks #2,414 (47.3% percentile) for all time with 2,731 births since 1915.
Darcy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1917 for girls). Birth data for Darcy is available in 106 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (105 years for boys and 92 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 Darcy has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 93.5% of babies named Darcy were girls. Interestingly, until around 1943, the name was more popular for boys (72.5% boys from 1915 to 1942), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (90.1% girls from 1943 to 2023).
For girls, Darcy reached its peak popularity in 1968, achieving the 55.6% percentile (ranked #332) with 377 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 377 births per million (ranked 55.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Darcy ranks #710 for girls (25.1% percentile) with 140 births per million, which is 37.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Darcy reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 11.2% percentile (ranked #593) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 42 births per million (ranked 11.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Darcy ranks #899 for boys (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 22.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Darcy".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Darcy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.3% confident that Darcy is pronounced as DAHR-see, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAHR-SEE, at 15.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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