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Darcy

Pronounced /ˈdɑɹ.si/

Rank in 2024
#3,853
Born in 2024
29
Peak year
1970 · #901
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:262 in 2024 (#986)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 29 boys were named Darcy, about 1 in every 59,149.
  • It peaked in 1970 with 80 babies, ranked #901.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1915.
  • 2,760 boys 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.

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Greatest: 111 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 153 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 923 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 866 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 359 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 178 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 170 babies, 0.01 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.