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.
44% of everyone ever named Rontrell was born in this single decade.
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 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rontrell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1979
- Peak year (1990)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
186 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 15 births in a single year.
Rontrell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 81 births that decade — 44% of Rontrell's all-time total
Rontrell decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rontrell's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Rontrell by state
Where Rontrell concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 11 | 5.9% |
11 of 186 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 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.