Boys' name · since 1974
Dondrell
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 107 babies named Dondrell, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,964 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 107
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dondrell is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 107 have been recorded since 1974.
Dondrell has 107 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2007.
- #16,964 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 107 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dondrell ranks #16,964 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,964 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 107
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dondrell's 107 recorded births place it above 62.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dondrell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dondrell's full recorded timeline at 1989, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dondrell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2007
- Peak year (1997)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Dondrell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (45 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Dondrell's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Dondrell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 45 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dondrell's data
- Dondrell's decade-level peak was the 1980s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- 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 Dondrell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
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, 1974–2007 (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 Dondrell 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.