How Many People Are Named Darby?
people named Darby are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 32,384 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,278 babies named Darby in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
539 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname, which was derived from the name of the town of Derby, meaning "deer town" in Old Norse.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Darby, 76% were girls and 24% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Darby rose from 66.7% in the 1940s to 82% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1970s, at 46.6%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Darby alive today is about 32 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Darby first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1995, to 539 babies. In 2025, 81 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Darby has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #499, in 1995. In 2025 it ranked #2,564. Among boys, its best rank was #721, in 1970.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,564 | #6,536 |
| Best rank | #499 (1995) | #721 (1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #804 in the 1990s | #989 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Darby alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Darby were born in Texas than in any other state: about 685 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Darby was given 2.1 times as often in Alabama, 2.1 times in Tennessee and 1.8 times in Mississippi.
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