Darsey — girls' name
55 babies named Darsey in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Darsey was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Darsey in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darsey
The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Darsey between 1971 and 2002, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darsey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darsey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Darsey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darsey 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 55 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.
Darsey at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darsey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1971
- Peak year (1971)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
55 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 7 births in a single year.
Darsey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 20 births that decade — 36% of Darsey's all-time total
Darsey decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Darsey's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1971–2002 (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.