How Many People Are Named Darcy Bailey?
There are approximately 20 people named Darcy Bailey living in the United States today. That makes this name combination rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 17,137,717 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Darcy with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Bailey. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
20
1 in 17,137,717 Americans
Combination Rarity
Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Darcy: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Darcy. The peak year was 1970 with 761 births. The average person named Darcy today is 45 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Darcy
In the 2020 Census, the first name Darcy was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (86.42%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (5.25%) and Black (3.10%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Darcy in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Darcy rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Bailey Surname
The surname Bailey was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Bailey in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Darcy" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Bailey" appears at a rate of 90.03 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Darcy are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 20 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
Other people named Darcy
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Darcy Bailey: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Darcy Bailey?
We estimate approximately 20 people named Darcy Bailey are alive in the United States today. The first name Darcy is shared by 22,541 Americans, and the surname Bailey is shared by 308,575.
How rare is the name Darcy Bailey?
This name combination is classified as Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 17,137,717 Americans. The first name Darcy is uncommon and the surname Bailey is common.
Is Darcy a male or female name?
Darcy is predominantly female, with 10.7% of bearers being male and 89.3% female. It peaked in popularity in 1970 and the average bearer today is 45 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Darcy?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Darcy was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (86.42%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (5.25%) and Black (3.10%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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