Digby
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DIG-bee
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
Digby is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “farm by a ditch”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies).
What does Digby mean?
Old Norse: English place name from Old Norse diki, ditch, and byr, farm
“farm by a ditch”
From the Lincolnshire village of Digby; Sir Kenelm Digby was a 17th-century courtier and natural philosopher.
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Is Digby a girl's or a boy's name?
Digby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Digby in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,372nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Digby, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 866th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 38 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Digby than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Digby in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Digby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 34 | #971 |
| 2021 | 34 | #977 |
| 2020 | 38 | #866 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,103 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,243 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,309 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,226 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,040 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,031 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Digby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Cody, Finn, Kody, Finley, Kayden, Teddy, Ronnie, Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Henry
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica, Raife
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Digby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/digby, updated 20 October 2026.