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Darcy
Pronounced /ˈdɑɹ.si/
Rank in 2024
#986
Born in 2024
262
Peak year
1970 · #362
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:29 in 2024 (#3,853)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 262 girls were named Darcy, about 1 in every 6,157.
- It peaked in 1970 with 681 babies, ranked #362.
- It first shows up in the records in 1917.
- 23,100 girls have been named Darcy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Darcy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 144 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 5,658 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen X: 8,338 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,253 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,226 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,471 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Originally from Bois-d'Arcy, Yvelines in Northern France. Related to archaic French ardre (“to burn, consume”).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly mid-20th century and later American usage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈdɑɹ.si/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Darcy, CC BY-SA 4.0.