# Darby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/darby/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Norse |
| Meaning | “deer”, “settlement” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɑːbi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,278 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,940 / 8,338 (74% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 319, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Darby is grouped under deer.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 136 | 1,592 |
| 2012 | 118 | 1,746 |
| 2013 | 119 | 1,739 |
| 2014 | 106 | 1,897 |
| 2015 | 110 | 1,863 |
| 2016 | 120 | 1,736 |
| 2017 | 123 | 1,724 |
| 2018 | 89 | 2,135 |
| 2019 | 89 | 2,113 |
| 2020 | 82 | 2,200 |
| 2021 | 95 | 2,029 |
| 2022 | 68 | 2,584 |
| 2023 | 74 | 2,425 |
| 2024 | 51 | 3,131 |
| 2025 | 68 | 2,564 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 3,065 |
| 2012 | 40 | 2,915 |
| 2013 | 32 | 3,351 |
| 2014 | 29 | 3,629 |
| 2015 | 27 | 3,902 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,365 |
| 2017 | 22 | 4,499 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,552 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,837 |
| 2020 | 18 | 5,077 |
| 2021 | 22 | 4,521 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,571 |
| 2023 | 20 | 4,916 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,892 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,540 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |

## People named Darby

- Darby Stanchfield, American actress
- Darby Camp, American actress
- Darby Crash, American musician (1958–1980)
- Darby Hinton, actor, born 1957
- Darby Hendrickson, American ice hockey player
- Darby Lloyd Rains, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.