Unisex name · since 1990
Jontel
31 babies named Jontel in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,620 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 31
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
31 boys have been named Jontel since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jontel has 31 recorded births among boys since 1990, 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 1990 to 2012.
- #25,620 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 31 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jontel ranks #25,620 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #25,620 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 31
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jontel's 31 recorded births place it above 43.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jontel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jontel's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jontel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2012
- Peak year (2000)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Jontel popularity over time - girls
20 total births recorded since 1985 (Jontel as girls' name)
Jontel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (20 births, 65% of the file).
1990s was Jontel's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Jontel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 20 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Jontel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (20 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Jontel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1990–2012 (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 Jontel 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.