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.
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 1952
Top girls' names in 1952
Top boys' names in 1952
More about 1952
girls
1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 30,399 of them was named Darcel, which outranked 81.0% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,210Marti62
- #1,210Tamra62
- #1,210Theda62
- #1,216Darcel61
- #1,216Alisa61
- #1,216Alvina61
- #1,216Arlinda61
- #1,225Agatha60
- #1,225Allyn60
- #1,225Christal60
Tied with 8 names at #1,216; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 323,939 of them was named Darcel, which outranked 20.8% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,095Yosef7
- #3,095Zachariah7
- #3,095Zackery7
- #3,373Darcel6
- #3,373Abie6
- #3,373Abundio6
- #3,373Adlia6
- #3,734Abbie5
- #3,734Abbott5
- #3,734Abrahm5
Tied with 360 names at #3,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.