Darby is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “descendant of Diarmaid.” In 2024 it was given to 10 boys in the United States.
Darby belongs to the Irish & Celtic and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “descendant of Diarmaid” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Darby first appears in Social Security records in 1913. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #721 in 1970, and in 2024 10 babies received the name — 2,927 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Darby means “descendant of Diarmaid” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Darby is a boy name. In 2024, 10 babies received the name in the US.
Darby comes from the Irish & Celtic and Scandinavian tradition.
Darby first appears in US records in 1913. Its best-ever ranking was #721 in 1970, and 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
Darby is pronounced /ˈdɑːbi/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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