Dantrel — boys' name
19 babies named Dantrel in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Dantrel was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Dantrel in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dantrel
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Dantrel between 1992 and 1994, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dantrel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dantrel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. 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 Dantrel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dantrel 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 19 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.
Dantrel at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dantrel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1992
- Peak year (1994)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
19 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 7 births in a single year.
Dantrel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 19 births that decade — 100% of Dantrel's all-time total
Dantrel decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dantrel's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Dantrel by state
Where Dantrel concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 26.3% |
5 of 19 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 26.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 26.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1992–1994 (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.