Darice — girls' name

What the Data Says About Darice

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,333 babies named Darice between 1947 and 2023, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Darice performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 368 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Darice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Darice in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Darice 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 1,333 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.