# Digby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/digby/  
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 |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “dyke”, “settlement” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɪɡ.bi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 544, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English dīc (“dyke”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after admiral Robert Digby (1732 - 1815).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 11,013 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12,976 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 958 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,119 |
| 2013 | 29 | 976 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,158 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,030 |
| 2020 | 38 | 812 |
| 2021 | 33 | 907 |
| 2022 | 34 | 901 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## People named Digby

- Digby Tatham-Warter, British military personnel

## 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.