Darcia — girls' name
543 babies named Darcia in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Darcia was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Darcia in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darcia
The Social Security Administration has registered 543 babies named Darcia between 1946 and 1993, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darcia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darcia performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Darcia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darcia 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 543 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.
Darcia at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darcia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1946
- Peak year (1957)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
543 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 28 births in a single year.
Darcia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 164 births that decade — 30% of Darcia's all-time total
Darcia decade highlights
- Peak decade 164 births
- Runner-up 143 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Darcia's strongest decade
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.