Boys' name · since 1980
Dontrel
Dontrel has 263 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,367 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,446 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 263
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dontrel currently ranks #12446 among boys' names in America, with 263 babies recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontrel has been recorded 263 times among boys since 1980, currently ranked #12446 nationally and more common than 11% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #11,367 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,446 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 263 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontrel ranks #11,367 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,446 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 263 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,367 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,446 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 263
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dontrel's 263 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dontrel compares
263 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dontrel's all-time total is 29% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dontrel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 263 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dontrel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dontrel's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dontrel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Dontrel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (111 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Dontrel's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Dontrel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
111 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 111 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dontrel's data
- Dontrel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Dontrel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Dontrel 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.