Darby

Darby is a unisex given name: about 27% of people named Darby are men and 73% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 27%Female 73%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 27% male / 73% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 2,791 male / 7,720 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Darby

To address Darby when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Darby," in English, "Guten Tag Darby," in German. About 27% of people named Darby are men and 73% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Darby,

German

Guten Tag Darby,

French

Bonjour Darby,

Spanish

Estimado/a Darby:

Chinese

Darby您好：

Japanese

Darby様

English

Hi Darby,

German

Hi Darby,

French

Salut Darby,

Spanish

Hola Darby,

Chinese

Darby你好：

Japanese

Darbyさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Darby by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	unisex name	27%

United States birth data

2,791 male · 7,720 female · 10,511 births recorded

Male 27%Female 73%

Since 1980: 17% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Darby a male or female name?

Darby is a unisex given name: about 27% of people named Darby are men and 73% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Darby in an email?

Is Darby a unisex name?

Darby is not a unisex name: 27% of people named Darby are men. Darby leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Darby a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/darby (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_darby,
  title  = {Is Darby a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/darby},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}