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Dontrell

#6,206 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Dontrell has been given to 2,840 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #6,206 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 115 recorded.

Babies named Dontrell, 2025

1 in 237,000

Dontrell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dontrell: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dontrell means

Dontrell is a given name.

The naming story behind Dontrell

Wikidata records Dontrell as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q115798426, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,824 boys were recorded with the name Dontrell between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 115 in 1993; its best national rank was #1,006 in 1990.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,592 in 2020 to #6,206 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,248 in 2015 to #6,206 in 2025.

In the United States, 16 girls were recorded with the name Dontrell between 1977 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1981; its best national rank was #9,415 in 1981.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Dontrell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,206
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dontrell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dontrell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dontrells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dontrell was born before 1999 — so the typical Dontrell is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
31.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
47.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,824
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 31.5% of all recorded uses (889).

Is Dontrell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,099
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,614
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,958
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.40×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
12.2%
Peak was 1993 (115)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,006
1990

Spellings of Dontrell

Dontrell is not the most common spelling — Donnell is, with 40.4% against Dontrell's 8.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Dontrell is used

Across 1910–2025, Dontrell was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 93,538 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

08 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 12,500
  2. 2Illinois1 in 25,000
  3. 3South Carolina1 in 33,333
  4. 4Florida1 in 50,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 100,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Maryland1 in 100,000
  8. 8Michigan1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dontrell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dontrell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,206
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,614
Best rank ever
#1,006
1990
Peak year
1993
115 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,824
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,415
1981
Peak year
1981
6 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
1991
All-time count
16
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dontrell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Dontrell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Dontrell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DeanthonyDevaughnRayshawnDamarcusKeganMarquelJarellBreonJihadRashaadTavonDejon

Sibling names for Dontrell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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