Dynell — boys' name
58 babies named Dynell in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Dynell was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Dynell in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dynell
The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Dynell between 1969 and 1999, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dynell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Dynell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1964.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dynell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dynell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dynell 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 58 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.
Dynell at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dynell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1969
- Peak year (1971)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
58 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 9 births in a single year.
Dynell popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1964 (Dynell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dynell accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dynell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 37 births that decade — 64% of Dynell's all-time total
Dynell decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Dynell's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
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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, 1969–1999 (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.