How Many People Are Named Cantrell?
people named Cantrell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 747,888 people in the US has this name
Based on 487 babies named Cantrell in Social Security records from 1918 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
18 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cantrell, 13.6% were girls and 86.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Cantrell fell from 29.6% in the 1970s to 0% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cantrell alive today is about 34 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cantrell first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 1975, to 18 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Cantrell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,594, in 1979. Among girls, its best rank was #6,028, in 1969.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,594 (1979) | #6,028 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,242 in the 1990s | #9,943 in the 1970s |
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