Darcy
Darcy is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Darcy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Darcy is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Darcy
As a girl name
Darcy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1917, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1970: 681 births, good for #362 nationwide. About 24% of every Darcy on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Darcy ranks #941 for girls with 277 births, rising sharply (+26% over the past five years). All told, over 24K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Darcy on the record books as a boy name in 1915, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1970, when 80 Darcys were born — ranking #898 that year. About 22% of every Darcy on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Darcy ranks #3,818 for boys with 29 births, rising sharply (+78% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Darcy
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Darcy. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Darcy
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About the name Darcy
Darcy is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 24K births in the dataset. Darcy's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #349. Use the chart and map above to compare Darcy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.