Darcel
Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to girls 90.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 71 births
- Debut · girls
- 21 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,240since 1950
Darcel over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
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| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
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| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
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| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #2,512 | 39 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #2,516 | 36 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,306 | 28 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,649 | 48 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,651 | 47 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,872 | 38 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,725 | 43 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,435 | 56 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,364 | 60 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #1,442 | 54 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #1,453 | 53 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,309 | 59 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #1,186 | 71 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,389 | 49 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #1,216 | 61 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Darcel! It came in at #2,121, and was given to 21 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1974, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Darcel is popular in 1950
No state had 5 or more girls named Darcel in 1950, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Darcel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1954 at #1,186 (71 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 27,351 girls born in 1954 were named Darcel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 350,601 girls born in 1996 (0.00%)
- 41.6% of all girls named Darcel (516) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2000, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 516 | #1,186 (1954) | #1,462 |
| 1960s | 328 | #1,649 (1963) | #2,190 |
| 1970s | 137 | #2,522 (1970) | #4,817 |
| 1980s | 225 | #1,837 (1984) | #5,130 |
| 1990s | 34 | #6,465 (1990) | #9,718 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Darcel in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 81,574 of them was named Darcel, which outranked 65.3% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,053Tona22
- #2,053Verlinda22
- #2,053Vernia22
- #2,121Darcel21
- #2,121Alease21
- #2,121Alesia21
- #2,121Almeda21
- #2,185Aleda20
- #2,185Almeta20
- #2,185Annabell20
Tied with 63 names at #2,121; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.