Darcy

What Darcy means

Means “to burn, consume”

Related to archaic French ardre (“to burn, consume”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Darcy” (revision 87340774), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Darcy?

US: Rising: up from #1399 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #89 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1968, when 644 girls got the name (#349 that year). First in the US records in 1917.

How common

• About 1 in 5,086 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 722 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 407 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in KY (0.81 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.79 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.76 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Darcy is #857 in the US and #140 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 92.7% of US babies named Darcy were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Darcey11 US · 131 E&W
• Darci28 US · 13 E&W
• Darcee0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Darcy

Girls

• Murphy#397“descendant of Murrough”^*
• Fallon#778“descendant of Fallamhan”^*
• Blake#295“black”^*
• Kori#978Form of Corey, possibly meaning “troop, host, company”^*
• Merritt#703Editor’s note Used for both: 77% of US babies named Merritt in 2025 were girls
• Everleigh#194“wild boar + woodland clearing”^*

For a brother

• Wesley#52“west + wood, clearing”^*
• Franklin#359“freeholder”^*
• Sterling#345Variant of Stirling, possibly meaning “stream + pool, lake”^*
• Wade#344“a ford”^*
• Forrest#374“forest”^*
• Wallace#960“foreign”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Darcy’s. Rank is US 2025.