Cantrell

Boy · recorded 1918–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1979best year

Most popular in 1979.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1918

051019181944197019952021

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Cantrell, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19187
19483
19694
19725
19733
19746
19756
19763
19775
19787
197910
19804
19813
19827
19835
19845
19854
19865
19875
19895
19906
19917
19925
19936
19945
19956
19968
19974
19984
19994
20004
20014
20024
20035
20047
20054
20064
20075
20086
20095
20113
20123
20135
20154
20183
20203
20213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cantrell isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
5
Rank in 2021
#12,146
How rare
1 in 349,896 boys
Since 1918
422

Cantrell was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1979, at 10 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Cantrell doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.