Darcey — #13640 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Darcey

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,059 babies named Darcey between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darcey currently holds the #13640 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 77 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darcey performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 553 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Darcey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 97 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Darcey in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darcey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,059 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.