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Darcie

Gender
Girl
Say it
DAR-see
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#88 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,516 for girls

Darcie is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “from Arcy”. In 2025 it ranked 88th for girls in the UK (577 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).

What does Darcie mean?

French: spelling of Darcy, a Norman surname from Arcy in France

“from Arcy”

A modern spelling of Darcy, the surname of Jane Austen's Mr Darcy.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Darcie a girl's or a boy's name?

Darcie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 577 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Darcie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#88among girls
Babies in 2025
577about 1 in 480 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 23% in five years
Same name in a class
2.9%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 577 girls in the UK were named Darcie, making it the 88th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 82nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 935 girls.

Half of all the girls named Darcie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,150 girls in the UK were given Darcie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #48, up from #88 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 92nd in England and Wales, 104th in Scotland and 96th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#80) and 2024 (#90).

1996Busiest: 935 in 20172025
Darcie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025577#88
2024573#91
2023566#95
2022612#91
2021685#86
2020718#82
2019749#79
2018752#81
2017935#67
2016854#72
2015822#76
2014736#83
2013583#105
2012507#127
2011445#142
2010376#160
2009319#185
2008286#206
2007260#225
2006206#257
2005127#348
2004119#358
2003115#355
2002121#335
2001111#341
200076#450
199981#434
199874#456
199776#457
199648#568

How popular is Darcie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,516among girls
Babies in 2025
43about 1 in 37,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Darcie, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 211 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.

Half of all the girls named Darcie in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 398 girls in the US were given Darcie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #707, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.

1942Busiest: 211 in 19712025
Darcie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202543#3,516
202460#2,798
202341#3,707
202234#4,200
202134#4,163
202024#5,165
201948#3,271
201832#4,356
201724#5,336
201613#8,390
201525#5,286
201427#5,023
201333#4,334
201225#5,396
201116#7,432
201022#5,975
200919#6,808
200814#8,525
200724#5,706
200617#7,140
200517#6,815
200423#5,373
200328#4,531
200228#4,377
200133#3,860
200027#4,395
199936#3,440
199836#3,350
199734#3,362
199648#2,587
199545#2,682
199441#2,872
199363#2,122
199278#1,826
199172#1,927
199092#1,613
1989100#1,458
198894#1,453
198772#1,677
198696#1,351
1985110#1,239
1984151#957
1983141#1,005
1982136#1,058
1981137#1,045
1980160#934
1979139#1,015
1978134#1,014
1977164#878
1976147#897
1975200#734
1974182#765
1973190#736
1972158#832
1971211#718
1970202#731
1969184#745
1968148#837
1967121#933
196684#1,161
196593#1,086
1964110#1,026
196392#1,139
196274#1,283
1961102#1,083
196077#1,247
195965#1,325
195855#1,434
195755#1,426
195646#1,559
195545#1,515
195448#1,443
195337#1,621
195233#1,712
195126#1,920
195016#2,534
194915#2,619
19486#4,649
19479#3,704
19466#4,416
19450–
19440–
19430–
19426#4,122

Names like Darcie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Darcie

Names related to Darcie

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Darcie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darcie, updated 20 October 2026.