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 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#868 · 1 in 18,154
- Pennsylvania#870 · 1 in 22,554
- California#1,169 · 1 in 24,361
Best ever in a state: #432 in Maryland, 1953.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #868 | 9 | 1 in 18,154 |
| Pennsylvania | #870 | 5 | 1 in 22,554 |
| California | #1,169 | 6 | 1 in 24,361 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 |
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| 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 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 33,140 of them was named Darcel, which outranked 80.6% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,303Melodye60
- #1,303Renda60
- #1,303Theda60
- #1,309Darcel59
- #1,309Awilda59
- #1,309Carrol59
- #1,309Flossie59
- #1,320Alethea58
- #1,320Ardis58
- #1,320Arnetta58
Tied with 10 names at #1,309; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 343,315 of them was named Darcel, which outranked 20.3% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).