Congratulations to the rookie class of 2024!!! We now have 12 more names to add to the DCC Name Database. If anyone has the last names of any of the rookies that I am missing (plus Taylor from last year cause I cannot seem to find her surname anywhere) please let me know. Also remember that I've gotten all of this data from a mixture of different sources including Pompedia, the Dallas Cowboys website, and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders website, so if there are any mistakes or errors please let me know. Now with all of that out of the way, here are the updated records.
ABBY (second of her name. Fun fact: Abby is the first name on the DCC database)
1. Abby Camille Bertrand (2013, 2014)
2. Abby Summers (2024)
ALLISON (fifth of her name. Fun fact: All DCCs with the name Allison have all been one year wonders)
1. Allison Dobson (1983)
2. Allison Hopkins (1988)
3. Allison Pierce (1989)
4. Allison McCurdy (1996)
5. Allison Hong (2024)
ARIEL (first of her name. I love this name and I am so happy I can finally add it to the list. Where are my Little Mermaid girlies at? lol)
1. Ariel Brumfield (2024)
AVA (first of her name and our first comeback girl of this class)
1. Ava Lahey (2024)
CHARLY (first of her name and another comeback girl. Love her, and I hope we'll see her shine on the team. I see future point in her)
1. Charly Barby (2024)
DARAH (first of her name. Fun fact there is another Dara (Dara McFarlane (2007) but it is without the H. Therefore it is considered a new name)
1. Darah Haidet (2024)
JULISSA (first of her name and fellow Latina. I have been following her on Jenn's classes so I'm excited that she made the team)
1. Julissa Garcia (2024)
KELLY (the EIGHT of her name. And that's not including the other name variations. We will talk more about Kelly later. Another comeback girl, I'm glad she made the team alongside her friend Charly. Now the trio is complete lol)
1. Kelly Williams (1976)
2. Kelly Ann Gray (1981, 1982)
3. Kelly McKee (1983)
4. Kelly Zaloudek (1983, 1985)
5. Kelly Drake (1991, 1992, 1993)
6. Kelly Kirchoff-Stus (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
7. Kelly Jo Stauffacher (2007)
8. Kelly Villares (2024)
MADIE (first of her name. I have semi PTSD with the Maddie / Madeline debacle with Madeline "Maddie" Massingill, but because this is Madie with 1 D, I am safe...for now lol)
1. Madie Krueger (2024)
MICHELLE (the biggest name of them all. She is now the ELEVENTH of her name. Again will talk more about Michelle later.)
1. Michelle Vaughan (1978, 1979)
2. Michelle Cole (1982, 1983)
3. Michelle Druga (1986, 1994)
4. Michelle Musick (1988, 1989)
5. Michelle Starr (1991)
6. Michelle Parma (1993, 1994)
7. Michelle Gill (1994)
8. Michelle Jones (1996)
9. Michelle Mozek (2007)
10. Michelle Keys (2008, 2009, 2010)
11. Michelle Siemienowski (2024)
SOPHIA (first of her name. I am honestly surprised we haven't had any Sophia or Sofia in DCC until now. I could have sworn we had one before. Oh well)
1. Sophia Brown (2024)
TRINITY (first of her name. Another TCU girlie made the team let's goooooo. I'll always root for a TCU showgirl)
1. Trinity Miles (2024)
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Ok now that most of that is done (I'll go back and edit it once I figure out all of their last names) now comes the fun part, because now that we have a new Kelly and a new Michelle, the list of most common DCC names has changed slightly
MOST COMMON NAMES
Only includes names with 7 girls and over
KIM (11 girls + 1 one guy) I finally found out why I put 12 under the name Kim on my first draft of the list, and it's because there was a guy on The Cowbelles & Beaux named Kim lol. Now whether or not you want to include him or not it is up to you.
DEBBIE (11 girls)
JENNIFER (11 girls)
MELISSA (11 girls)
SUSAN (11 girls)
MICHELLE (11 girls) Michelle goes from 10 to 11 this year, but her placement doesn't really change
KELLY (8 girls) Kelly goes from 7 to 8 this year and surpasses Amy Becky, Carolyn, and Christina
LISA (8 girls)
MARY (8 girls)
AMY (7 girls)
BECKY (7 girls)
CAROLYN (7 girls)
CHRISTINA (7 girls)
Anyways, congrats to the rookies. Also congrats to Chandi for becoming a 6th year vet (the first since Jenna back in 2017) and for becoming co-point with Jada (who's also a member of the 5th year vet club along with Armani) I'll post my squad photo predictions another time.