Darcee
Feminine
Darcee is Darcy with a double e, and Darcy was a given name long before Americans gave it to daughters: Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation, carried it among his given names in the nineteenth century. The double e is the only thing this spelling adds.
How old is the name Darcee?
Darcee first appears in US birth records in 1952 — 73 years ago. The typical Darcee alive today was born around 1974, making them about 51 years old. About 500 people named Darcee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Darcee most popular?
Darcee peaked in 1960, reaching #2573 nationally. See the whole 1960 chart.
Where it comes from
From d'Arcy (Norman surname) to Darcee
Our story of Darcee
Our Darcee carries a surname that came out of Normandy, crossed to England and Ireland, and became a first name on the way. A famous nineteenth-century bearer of it as a given name was Thomas D'Arcy McGee, an Irish-born poet and journalist who became one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation and was shot dead in Ottawa in 1868. Austen's Mr. Darcy made the surname famous in fiction; American parents later turned it toward daughters, and Darcee is that turn written with a double e.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning is recorded for the Darcee spelling itself. Darcy, the name it respells, began as the Norman surname d'Arcy, taken from a place called Arcy in France; the double e adds nothing to that.
How the name formed
- d'ArcyNorman surname
- Darcy
- Darcee
Pronouncing Darcee
DAR-see
Said exactly as Darcy, with the stress on the first syllable.
Nicknames for Darcee
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1952
- Most girls named
- 196022 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2573reached in 1960
- Change vs 2011
- 0.0%6 in 2014, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Darcees among us
people named Darcee are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Darcee sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds exactly like Darcy, a name everyone can say.
- The double e fixes the ending so it cannot be misread.
- Rare in this spelling.
- It will be written Darcy by nearly everyone who hears it first.
- Mr. Darcy of Pride and Prejudice is the association most readers will make, which is a pleasant one to live with.
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Frequently asked
- How many Darcees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Darcee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Darcee in 2025?
- Darcee is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Darcee with classmates?
- Darcee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with D, all years combined.
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