# Darcey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/darcey/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,163 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 93 / 2,070 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9,864, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 9 | 11,418 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,520 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,702 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,088 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,096 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,880 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,868 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,111 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,526 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,141 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,273 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,132 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13,891 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,002 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 5 | 3,988 |
| 1956 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,075 |
| 1959 | 6 | 3,687 |
| 1960 | 7 | 3,410 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,611 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,082 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,258 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,666 |
| 1970 | 6 | 4,344 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5,066 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,131 |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,694 |
| 1979 | 10 | 3,864 |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,611 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 433 | 131 |
| 2012 | 632 | 89 |
| 2013 | 651 | 84 |
| 2014 | 727 | 72 |
| 2015 | 737 | 77 |
| 2016 | 662 | 82 |
| 2017 | 568 | 92 |
| 2018 | 464 | 116 |
| 2019 | 416 | 122 |
| 2020 | 389 | 127 |
| 2021 | 350 | 147 |
| 2022 | 244 | 205 |
| 2023 | 163 | 273 |
| 2024 | 141 | 305 |
| 2025 | 131 | 329 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |

## People named Darcey

- Darcey Bussell, British ballerina

## 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.