Recorded 1979–2018 Boys' name Peak 1990 186 births

Rontrell — boys' name

186 babies named Rontrell in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s81980s271990s812000s532010s17
1990s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Rontrell was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

15 babies were named Rontrell in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rontrell

The Social Security Administration has registered 186 babies named Rontrell between 1979 and 2018, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rontrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rontrell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rontrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rontrell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rontrell 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 186 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.

Rontrell at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

186

Since 1979

40 years of records

Peak year

1990

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1979

Recorded for 40 years

Last year on file: 2018

Rontrell popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1979

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1990)
15
Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
05101520 2018200720021998199319891979 8

Rontrell by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
81 births that decade — 44% of Rontrell's all-time total
1970s81980s271990s812000s532010s17

Rontrell by state

Where Rontrell concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Rontrell
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Louisiana
11 5.9%
Louisiana share of Rontrell's total US births 5.9%

11 of 186 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rontrell?
186 babies have been named Rontrell since 1979. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1990 with 15 births.
When was Rontrell most popular?
Rontrell was most popular in the 1990s decade with 81 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Rontrell most popular?
The top states for the name Rontrell are Louisiana (11 births).
How long has the name Rontrell been used?
Rontrell has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 40 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Rontrell?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ronald, Ronnie, Ron, Ronan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1979–2018 (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.