Darcel

Girl · recorded 1950–1996

  • 1996last recorded
  • 1954best year

Most popular in 1954.

Last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Darcel.

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Its story

Popularity since 1950

0193719501962197319851996

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 43 recorded years as a table
Darcel, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
195012
195118
195233
195326
195437
195530
195626
195726
195830
195928
196021
196119
196224
196325
196415
196515
196617
196710
196816
196916
197017
197116
197212
19739
19757
19765
19776
19789
19796
19804
19815
19825
198322
198434
198519
198623
19877
19887
19896
19907
19914
19955
19963

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Darcel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1996
5
Rank in 1996
#13,518
How rare
1 in 350,601 girls
Since 1950
1,240

Darcel was last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1954, at 37 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Darcel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.