Darcell
Darcell was last recorded in 2017, when 5 babies were given it; 676 Americans have been recorded with it between 1951 and 2017 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Darcell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Darcell?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #10,473, in 1990; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
39 babies in 1984, the peak
Darcell peaked in 1984, when 39 babies were given it (32 girls, #2,791 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | under 5 | 5 | #12,701 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 6 | #11,297 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 8 | #8,287 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 5 | #9,934 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 6 | #8,158 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 7 | #7,147 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 8 | #6,480 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 8 | #6,328 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 5 | #8,670 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 14 | #4,041 |
Every recorded year (50)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7 | #10,473 | 5 | #8,383 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,083 | 10 | #4,889 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,384 | 7 | #5,888 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,662 | 10 | #4,309 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,569 | 8 | #4,947 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,674 | 9 | #4,397 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,791 | 7 | #5,091 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,320 | 6 | #5,633 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,634 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 5 | #6,481 | |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,750 | 8 | #4,590 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,462 | 6 | #5,498 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,513 | 5 | #5,996 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,720 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 6 | #5,061 | |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,326 | 6 | #4,930 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,907 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,255 | under 5 | |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,581 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,625 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,130 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,997 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,552 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,687 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,954 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,580 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,920 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,795 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,326 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,484 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,830 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,528 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,396 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,577 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,642 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,566 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,358 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,442 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,196 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,134 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Darcell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 676 Americans recorded as Darcell, 75% are girls and 25% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Darcell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Darcell, and how old are they?
An estimated 610 Americans named Darcell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 40 and 64. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 607 people named Darcell (416 women and girls, 191 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 630 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,047 babies since 1880, Darcell is the second most given (33% 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.
More about Darcell and names like it
- Compare Darcell and DarcelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sDarcell peaked in 1984.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Darcell since 1910.
- The top names of 1984The year the most babies were named Darcell.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Darcell alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with DMost given first.