Darcey

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Darcey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Darcey: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #72 in 2014, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
80times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#72highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#753
1997	#618
1998	#418
1999	#311
2000	#313
2001	#319
2002	#316
2003	#299
2004	#295
2005	#261
2006	#176
2007	#137
2008	#119
2009	#107
2010	#126
2011	#131
2012	#89
2013	#84
2014	#72
2015	#77
2016	#82
2017	#92
2018	#116
2019	#122
2020	#127
2021	#147
2022	#205
2023	#273
2024	#305

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #196 among girls in Scotland, #253 among girls in Northern Ireland, #305 among girls in England and Wales, #504 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #753 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #72 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Darcey appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 9,708 births with the name.

Darcey across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Darcey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#753 (1996)	#72 (2014)	#305 (2024)	29 of 29	9,708 (1996–2024)	737 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#282 (2000)	#89 (2014)	#253 (2024)	23 of 25	270 (2000–2024)	26 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#606 (2001)	#233 (2015)	#718 (2025)	21 of 25	215 (2001–2025)	22 (2015)
England and Wales · Boys	#3849 (2005)	#2538 (2006)	#4747 (2015)	6 of 11	25 (2005–2015)	6 (2006)

Darcey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Darcey in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	253	4 of 10	63
2000s	2,424	10 of 10	242
2010sbusiest	5,744	10 of 10	574
2020s	1,287	5 of 10	257

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 574 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 199, from 433 to 632.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Darcey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #72 in England and Wales in 2014.

Darcey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#305	141	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#273	163	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#205	244	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#147	350	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#127	389	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#122	416	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#116	464	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#92	568	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#82	662	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#77	737	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#72	727	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#84	651	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#89	632	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#131	433	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#126	454	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#107	504	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#119	438	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#137	402	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#176	301	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#261	172	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#295	139	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#299	132	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#316	114	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#319	112	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#313	110	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#311	109	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#418	73	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#618	41	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#753	30	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#253	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#152	15	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#140	14	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#151	14	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#215	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#112	22	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#144	16	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#89	26	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#103	23	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#131	16	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#137	16	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#164	12	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#185	11	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#186	11	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#184	10	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#504	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	14	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#387	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	14	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	17	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	22	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	14	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#337	15	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#196	19	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #72, first reached in 2014.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 737 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Candice · #72, 35y
Romi · #72, 28y
Brody · #73, 30y
Elliott · #71, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bethan · #72, 30y
Isaiah · #72, 30y
Jett · #72, 27y
Romi · #72, 28y

Darcey was ranked #72 in England and Wales · Girls in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Darcey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Darcey without appearing here.

Darcey moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #313 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #319 and #871.
Brodie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #618 and #565 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #418 and #846.
Lorraine Compare
In 1996 they stood at #753 and #661 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #618 and #1015.
Carmel Compare
In 2005 they stood at #606 and #441 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #431 and #764.

Moved ahead of Darcey

Laila Compare
In 2024 they stood at #504 and #736 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #718 and #352.
Kylie Compare
In 2020 they stood at #410 and #444 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #517 and #284.
Sienna Compare
In 2003 they stood at #299 and #427 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #295 and #155.
Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #387 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #313 and #180.

Moved the opposite way to Darcey

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darcey went from #753 to #305 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darcey went from #753 to #305 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darcey went from #753 to #305 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darcey went from #753 to #305 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Darcey

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darcey went from #753 to #305 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darcey went from #753 to #305 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darcey went from #753 to #305 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Darcey went from #753 to #305 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #72 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Darcey

Darcey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darcey across 4 official records

Darcey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Darcey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Darcey at a glance

Darcey across 4 official records

Darcey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Darcey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Darcey

Darcey and the names beside it

Darcey moved ahead of

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