Recorded 1971–2015 Boys' name Peak 2002 220 births

Contrell — boys' name

220 babies named Contrell in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s311980s581990s572000s502010s24
1980s
Peak decade

26% of everyone ever named Contrell was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

13 babies were named Contrell in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Contrell

The Social Security Administration has registered 220 babies named Contrell between 1971 and 2015, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Contrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Contrell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Contrell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Contrell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Contrell 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 220 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.

Contrell at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

220

Since 1971

45 years of records

Peak year

2002

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1971

Recorded for 45 years

Last year on file: 2015

Contrell popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1971

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2002)
13
Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
468101214 20152007200119931989198419771971 6

Contrell by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
58 births that decade — 26% of Contrell's all-time total
1970s311980s581990s572000s502010s24

Contrell by state

Where Contrell concentrates geographically — total births since 1971

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Contrell
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Illinois
5 2.3%
Illinois share of Contrell's total US births 2.3%

5 of 220 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Contrell?
220 babies have been named Contrell since 1971. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2002 with 13 births.
When was Contrell most popular?
Contrell was most popular in the 1980s decade with 58 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Contrell most popular?
The top states for the name Contrell are Illinois (5 births).
How long has the name Contrell been used?
Contrell has been recorded in Social Security data since 1971, spanning 45 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Contrell?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Connor, Conner, Conrad, Conor, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.