Girls' name · since 1942
Darcie
Darcie has 5,753 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,529 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,753
- born since 1942
- 1970s
- peak decade
Darcie currently ranks #3529 among girls' names in America, with 5,753 babies recorded since 1942.
Darcie has 5,753 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3529 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 2025.
- #2,342 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,529 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,753 born since 1942
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darcie ranks #2,342 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,529 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,753 born since 1942, peaking in the 1970s.
- #2,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,529 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,753
- born since 1942
- 1970s
- peak decade
Darcie's 5,753 recorded births place it above 96.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Darcie compares
5,753 Top 13% higher than 87% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Darcie's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Darcie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,753 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 211 | 21 | 19,840 |
Darcie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Darcie splits its recorded history at 1985: 30% of all births land in the more recent half, 70% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1942 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 211 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Darcie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–2025
- Peak year (1971)
- 211
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Darcie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,727 births, 30% of the file).
1970s was Darcie's strongest decade.
1,727 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Darcie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 42
1940s
42 births
- 1950s 426
1950s
426 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,085 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,727 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,197 births
- 1990s 545
1990s
545 births
- 2000s 230
2000s
230 births
- 2010s 265
2010s
265 births
- 2020s 236
2020s
236 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,727 births (30% of all-time use).
How Darcie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Darcie's total volume
Darcie by state
Where Darcie concentrates geographically, total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 442 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 305 | 5.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 302 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 220 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 205 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 187 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Washington | | 158 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 140 | 2.4% |
442 of 5,753 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Darcie appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Darcie's data
- Darcie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (1,727 total births); usage has since declined to 236 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Darcies (442 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Darcie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Darcie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~83 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1942–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Darcie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.