first name
DARCY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,714 people named Darcy, 86.4% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as Black. 90% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Darcy peaked in 1970, when 761 babies got the name.
At least 26,203 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.
Darcy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #677. The largest share of babies named Darcy, 35.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Darcy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Darcy has been most common in North Dakota (4.3×), Montana (4.1×), and South Dakota (3.2×), and least common in Louisiana (0.16×).
19,594 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 Darcy
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Darcy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Darcy ranks #6,849 of 156,621, with 4,727 people. See Darcy as a last name
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