Girls' name · since 1950
Darcella
Darcella has 143 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Darcella sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 143 recorded since 1950.
Darcella has 143 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1983.
- #23,260 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 143 born since 1950
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darcella ranks #23,260 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 143 born since 1950, peaking in the 1950s.
- #23,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Darcella's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Darcella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Darcella's SSA record in two at 1960 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Darcella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1983
- Peak year (1970)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Darcella by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (73 births, 51% of the file).
1950s was Darcella's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Darcella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
73 births
- 1960s
1960s
45 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 73 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Darcella's decade-level peak was the 1950s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Darcella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1950–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Darcella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.