Darcel
Where Darcel comes from
Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Darcel.
Darcel through the years
- 1950First appearance#2,121 among girls with 21 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
- 1954Peak, #1,18671 babies named Darcel, the most in any year.
- 1964The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,306.
- 2001Mostly boys from hereUntil now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.
Namesakes
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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.