Darcel
Darcel was last recorded in 2013, when 5 babies were given it; 1,371 Americans have been recorded with it between 1950 and 2013 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,190 Americans named Darcel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 43 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Darcel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Darcel?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,031, in 1996; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
71 babies in 1954, the peak
Darcel peaked in 1954, when 71 girls were given it, #1,189 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | #14,031 | 2.9 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,799 | 4.5 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,540 | 4.3 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,546 | 6.8 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,082 | 6.0 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,355 | 6.7 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,007 | 6.9 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,523 | 22.7 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,811 | 19.2 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,840 | 34.4 |
Every recorded year (43)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 36 | #2,524 | 21.5 |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,010 | 5.3 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,554 | 4.8 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,353 | 4.2 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,816 | 5.6 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,731 | 9.1 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,457 | 5.9 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,462 | 4.8 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,621 | 6.9 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,411 | 8.9 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,300 | 12.5 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,677 | 16.2 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,529 | 16.6 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,537 | 16.0 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,439 | 15.8 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,232 | 9.7 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,200 | 17.1 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,354 | 14.7 |
| 1964 | 28 | #2,315 | 14.8 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,653 | 24.9 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,652 | 23.9 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,872 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,727 | 21.3 |
| 1959 | 56 | #1,437 | 27.7 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,363 | 29.8 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,443 | 26.4 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,456 | 26.4 |
| 1955 | 59 | #1,310 | 30.2 |
| 1954 | 71 | #1,189 | 36.6 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,390 | 26.0 |
| 1952 | 61 | #1,218 | 32.9 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,712 | 17.8 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,137 | 12.3 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Darcel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,371 Americans recorded as Darcel, 90% are girls and 10% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Darcel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Darcel, and how old are they?
1,190 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 1,371 Americans ever recorded as Darcel. The median Darcel alive today is 62 years old; half are between 43 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 1,182 people named Darcel (1,031 women and girls, 151 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,242 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 272 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 305 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Darcel born?
The states with the most babies named Darcel are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 71% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 105 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 91 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 52 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 39 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 20 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 19 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New Jersey | 7 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Louisiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Maryland | 5 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Darcel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,047 babies since 1880, Darcel is the most given (67% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Darcel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Darcel and names like it
- Compare Darcel and DarcellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sDarcel peaked in 1954.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Darcel since 1910.
- The top names of 1954The year the most babies were named Darcel.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Darcel alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.