Cantrell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cantrell

The Social Security Administration has registered 422 babies named Cantrell between 1918 and 2021, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cantrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Cantrell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 65 additional births since 1969.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cantrell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cantrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cantrell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 422 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.