Boys' name · since 1976
Dontel
208 babies named Dontel in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,709 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 208
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
208 boys have been named Dontel since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dontel has 208 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2008.
- #12,709 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 208 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontel ranks #12,709 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 208 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,709 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 208
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dontel's 208 recorded births place it above 72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dontel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dontel's full recorded timeline at 1992, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dontel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2008
- Peak year (1996)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Dontel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (109 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Dontel's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Dontel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s
1980s
47 births
- 1990s
1990s
109 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 109 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dontel's data
- Dontel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 31 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dontel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1976–2008 (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 Dontel 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.