Boys' name · since 1978
Kentrel
Kentrel has 362 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,572 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 362
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
362 boys have been named Kentrel since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kentrel has been recorded 362 times among boys since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 1978 to 2024.
- #9,572 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 362 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kentrel ranks #9,572 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 362 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,572 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 362
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kentrel's 362 recorded births place it above 78.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kentrel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kentrel's SSA record in two at 2000 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 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kentrel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2024
- Peak year (1996)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Kentrel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (106 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Kentrel's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Kentrel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
57 births
- 1990s
1990s
106 births
- 2000s
2000s
99 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 106 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Kentrel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 19 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Kentrel: 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 (~46 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, 1978–2024 (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 Kentrel 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.