Darby · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1936

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 88 recorded years as a table

Darby, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1936	5
1939	7
1940	8
1941	6
1942	13
1943	13
1944	14
1945	8
1946	10
1947	12
1948	18
1949	16
1950	11
1951	9
1952	11
1953	9
1954	13
1955	26
1956	16
1957	13
1958	17
1959	17
1960	25
1961	26
1962	22
1963	19
1964	20
1965	18
1966	21
1967	31
1968	30
1969	31
1970	47
1971	53
1972	47
1973	32
1974	48
1975	29
1976	37
1977	33
1978	36
1979	34
1980	30
1981	57
1982	38
1983	40
1984	38
1985	49
1986	29
1987	29
1988	39
1989	39
1990	36
1991	31
1992	40
1993	70
1994	180
1995	279
1996	246
1997	230
1998	187
1999	168
2000	140
2001	121
2002	131
2003	118
2004	102
2005	107
2006	82
2007	98
2008	85
2009	74
2010	86
2011	77
2012	67
2013	68
2014	59
2015	62
2016	68
2017	71
2018	52
2019	53
2020	51
2021	58
2022	41
2023	46
2024	31
2025	42

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Darby isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 68
Rank in 2025: #2,564
How rare: 1 in 23,636 girls
Since 1936: 8,338

Most popular in 1995, at 279 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 31% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.