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How popular is the name Darby?
Births per year, rank history and how many Darbies are alive today.
Darby (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3035th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 2021, when 18 babies were given the name, the 1628th most popular that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2025 figure is roughly 44% of its peak.
The Darby you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old - or else around 29: the name has two living generations. Half of all Darbies born in England and Wales are between 6 and 30, and there are at least 310 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Darby - on average, only one in every 1,017 such rooms contains a Darby.
How many babies are named Darby each year?
Where does Darby rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Darby most popular?
Darby peaked in 2021, when 18 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Darby?
At least 310 people named Darby born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Darby?
Most living Darbies are between 6 and 30; the most common age is about 5. There is a second cluster around 29.
Is Darby becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak.