How rare is the name Darby?

9,906 people in the United States have the first name Darby, about 1 in 30,490. It ranks #2,484 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DARBY

#2,484

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,906
About
1 in 30,490
This common or more
79.9%
Who bears it

Of the 9,906 people named Darby, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as two or more races. 76.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Darby peaked in 1995, when 539 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
539
In 2025*
81 ▼85%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 11,278 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Darby by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,327. The largest share of babies named Darby, 35.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#8,01122
1920s#7,70647
1930s#5,69569
1940s#2,903264
1950s#2,409498
1960s#1,973852
1970s#1,6621,323
1980s#2,255947
1990s#1,3272,965
2000s#1,8642,294
2010s#2,7371,463
2020s#3,849534
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–451.8%
Baby boom 1946–649.1%
Generation X 1965–8016.5%
Millennials 1981–9624%
Generation Z 1997–1235.1%
2013 and later13%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Darby is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Darby has been most common in Montana (2.5×), Florida (2.3×), and Idaho (2.3×), and least common in New York (0.34×).

4,998 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Darby

#2,482 Joslyn · 9,915#2,483 Sergey · 9,907#2,485 Yang · 9,900#2,486 Rowena · 9,883

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Darby, most common first.

#17,521 Darbi · 628

Also a last name

As a last name, Darby ranks #1,951 of 156,621, with 18,041 people. See Darby as a last name

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