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Darby

Pronounced /ˈdɑːbi/

Rank in 2024
#8,156
Born in 2024
10
Peak year
1970 · #723
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:50 in 2024 (#3,200)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 10 boys were named Darby, about 1 in every 171,531.
  • It peaked in 1970 with 130 babies, ranked #723.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1913.
  • 2,927 boys have been named Darby since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Darby per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 59 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 106 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 434 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 971 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 516 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 580 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 261 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From the English place name Derby, from Old Norse djúr (“deer”) + býr (“settlement”).

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈdɑːbi/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Darby, CC BY-SA 4.0.