Thirty years of Darcie
Darcie in numbers
Darcie has risen from 45 girls in 1996 to 513 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 868 in 2017. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2012 and 2015, from 476 to 759. It ranked 549th in 1996, reached 66th in 2017 and ranks 92nd now. On average it was given to 66 girls a year in the late 1990s, 163 in the 2000s, 626 in the 2010s and 562 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+1%509 to 513
- 5 years-22%656 to 513
- 10 years-32%759 to 513
- 20 years+314%124 to 513
- Since 1996×1145 to 513
- Total, 1996 to 202511,520girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 92 · ONS · 509 in 2024
Rank 104 · NRS · 36 in 2024
Rank 96 · NISRA · 28 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | 513 | +1% | 1 in 555 |
| 2024 | 90 | 509 | -3% | 1 in 569 |
| 2023 | =92 | 525 | -3% | 1 in 549 |
| 2022 | 89 | 543 | -13% | 1 in 543 |
| 2021 | 81 | 623 | -5% | 1 in 489 |
| 2020 | 79 | 656 | -5% | 1 in 457 |
| 2019 | 77 | 693 | +1% | 1 in 449 |
| 2018 | 78 | 686 | -21% | 1 in 466 |
| 2017 | 66 | 868 | +10% | 1 in 381 |
| 2016 | 71 | 791 | +4% | 1 in 429 |
| 2015 | 74 | 759 | +12% | 1 in 448 |
| 2014 | 80 | 677 | +25% | 1 in 500 |
| 2013 * | 103 | 540 | +13% | 1 in 632 |
| 2012 | =122 | 476 | +13% | 1 in 746 |
| 2011 | 132 | 421 | +21% | 1 in 838 |
| 2010 | 150 | 349 | +18% | 1 in 1,009 |
| 2009 | 178 | 296 | +10% | 1 in 1,163 |
| 2008 | =195 | 269 | +11% | 1 in 1,285 |
| 2007 | 211 | 243 | +29% | 1 in 1,381 |
| 2006 | =248 | 189 | +52% | 1 in 1,731 |
| 2005 | =328 | 124 | +15% | 1 in 2,542 |
| 2004 | =354 | 108 | +0% | 1 in 2,883 |
| 2003 | =347 | 108 | -8% | 1 in 2,806 |
| 2002 | =308 | 117 | +16% | 1 in 2,479 |
| 2001 | 344 | 101 | +38% | 1 in 2,871 |
| 2000 | =427 | 73 | -1% | 1 in 4,038 |
| 1999 | =419 | 74 | +3% | 1 in 4,089 |
| 1998 | =425 | 72 | +0% | n/a |
| 1997 | =422 | 72 | +60% | 1 in 4,354 |
| 1996 | =549 | 45 | 1 in 7,022 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate