Darby**
#1,504 most common girls' name of all time · #2,602 across all names · 26% male / 74% female · used 1913–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,504
Rank overall
#2,602 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
11,278
Since 2016
1,045
Peak year
1995 #500
Best rank
#500 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 539/yr
Darby first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | 13 | 81 | #2,570 |
| 2024 | 51 | 10 | 61 | #3,135 |
| 2023 | 74 | 20 | 94 | #2,419 |
| 2022 | 68 | 13 | 81 | #2,587 |
| 2021 | 95 | 22 | 117 | #2,031 |
| 2020 | 82 | 18 | 100 | #2,199 |
| 2019 | 89 | 20 | 109 | #2,111 |
| 2018 | 89 | 31 | 120 | #2,134 |
| 2017 | 123 | 22 | 145 | #1,723 |
| 2016 | 120 | 17 | 137 | #1,739 |
| 2015 | 110 | 27 | 137 | #1,861 |
| 2014 | 106 | 29 | 135 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 119 | 32 | 151 | #1,739 |
| 2012 | 118 | 40 | 158 | #1,745 |
| 2011 | 136 | 37 | 173 | #1,595 |
| 2010 | 152 | 46 | 198 | #1,482 |
| 2009 | 136 | 23 | 159 | #1,642 |
| 2008 | 161 | 37 | 198 | #1,463 |
| 2007 | 189 | 42 | 231 | #1,293 |
| 2006 | 156 | 37 | 193 | #1,440 |
| 2005 | 197 | 25 | 222 | #1,168 |
| 2004 | 188 | 25 | 213 | #1,193 |
| 2003 | 215 | 46 | 261 | #1,054 |
| 2002 | 235 | 35 | 270 | #951 |
| 2001 | 217 | 36 | 253 | #989 |
| 2000 | 254 | 40 | 294 | #868 |
| 1999 | 298 | 36 | 334 | #751 |
| 1998 | 330 | 39 | 369 | #688 |
| 1997 | 401 | 36 | 437 | #578 |
| 1996 | 431 | 33 | 464 | #543 |
| 1995 | 491 | 48 | 539 | #500 |
| 1994 | 321 | 35 | 356 | #667 |
| 1993 | 126 | 32 | 158 | #1,331 |
| 1992 | 74 | 42 | 116 | #1,897 |
| 1991 | 59 | 32 | 91 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 68 | 33 | 101 | #1,997 |
| 1989 | 72 | 35 | 107 | #1,840 |
| 1988 | 69 | 31 | 100 | #1,806 |
| 1987 | 51 | 28 | 79 | #2,135 |
| 1986 | 50 | 26 | 76 | #2,126 |
| 1985 | 84 | 27 | 111 | #1,474 |
| 1984 | 64 | 26 | 90 | #1,709 |
| 1983 | 67 | 30 | 97 | #1,651 |
| 1982 | 65 | 25 | 90 | #1,721 |
| 1981 | 95 | 33 | 128 | #1,322 |
| 1980 | 49 | 20 | 69 | #2,102 |
| 1979 | 55 | 36 | 91 | #1,904 |
| 1978 | 55 | 57 | 112 | #1,831 |
| 1977 | 50 | 44 | 94 | #1,967 |
| 1976 | 54 | 56 | 110 | #1,759 |
| 1975 | 43 | 50 | 93 | #2,034 |
| 1974 | 71 | 73 | 144 | #1,432 |
| 1973 | 46 | 77 | 123 | #1,839 |
| 1972 | 71 | 88 | 159 | #1,396 |
| 1971 | 88 | 96 | 184 | #1,257 |
| 1970 | 83 | 130 | 213 | #1,300 |
| 1969 | 53 | 102 | 155 | #1,657 |
| 1968 | 49 | 61 | 110 | #1,656 |
| 1967 | 52 | 31 | 83 | #1,570 |
| 1966 | 36 | 34 | 70 | #1,931 |
| 1965 | 32 | 16 | 48 | #2,080 |
| 1964 | 38 | 26 | 64 | #1,932 |
| 1963 | 36 | 30 | 66 | #1,961 |
| 1962 | 44 | 36 | 80 | #1,716 |
| 1961 | 53 | 35 | 88 | #1,559 |
| 1960 | 51 | 37 | 88 | #1,571 |
| 1959 | 34 | 47 | 81 | #1,927 |
| 1958 | 34 | 36 | 70 | #1,888 |
| 1957 | 27 | 24 | 51 | #2,144 |
| 1956 | 33 | 15 | 48 | #1,887 |
| 1955 | 51 | 20 | 71 | #1,416 |
| 1954 | 26 | 21 | 47 | #2,097 |
| 1953 | 17 | 18 | 35 | #2,643 |
| 1952 | 20 | 13 | 33 | #2,370 |
| 1951 | 16 | 18 | 34 | #2,631 |
| 1950 | 18 | 10 | 28 | #2,398 |
| 1949 | 27 | 11 | 38 | #1,868 |
| 1948 | 30 | 10 | 40 | #1,720 |
| 1947 | 22 | 15 | 37 | #2,121 |
| 1946 | 16 | 12 | 28 | #2,447 |
| 1945 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #3,030 |
| 1944 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,008 |
| 1943 | 18 | 8 | 26 | #2,128 |
| 1942 | 18 | 9 | 27 | #2,098 |
| 1941 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #3,751 |
| 1940 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #3,106 |
| 1939 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #3,327 |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1936 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #4,485 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1928 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1925 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1913 | — | 6 | 6 | — |