Given name & surname
Searcy
“an armored man”
Searcy is a variant of Searle. One English interpretation is “an armored man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Searcy is a variant of Searle. One English interpretation is “an armored man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Searcy is a variant of Searle. An origin associated with Searle is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Searcy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 237
- 226 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1940
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1940. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 227 as a first name in 2020; 9,870 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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