Dantrell
Masculine
Dantrell is an American name of the late twentieth century, two syllables with a firm Dan and a rolling -trell. Its back half happens to spell the start of trellis, a word that began as a kind of cloth.
How old is the name Dantrell?
Dantrell first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Dantrell alive today was born around 1996, making them about 29 years old. About 600 people named Dantrell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dantrell most popular?
Dantrell peaked in 1993, reaching #1431 nationally. See the whole 1993 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Dantrell
Dantrell sounds sturdy, like something built. Its -trell echoes trellis, a word with an unexpected past: in Old French a treliz was a coarse cloth woven with three threads, from the Latin trilix, and only later did the word move to the crisscrossed wooden frames that hold up roses and vines. Dantrell was made from American names, not from gardens — Dan or Dante at the front, the -trell of Terrell at the back — but it shares that sense of something strong enough to lean on.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Dantrell may be Dante with an ending, or Dan joined to the back of Terrell or Darrell; nothing records which.
Pronouncing Dantrell
dan-TREL
Two syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Dantrell
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most boys named
- 199366 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1431reached in 1993
- Change vs 2020
- +14.3%8 in 2021, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dantrell in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois.
Dantrells among us
people named Dantrell are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Dantrell sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Firm and easy to say.
- Comes with Dan and Trell as ready short forms.
- Rare, so a Dantrell is unlikely to meet another.
- Dontrell and Dantrel are likely guesses, so it will need spelling out.
- It is closely tied to its era.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dantrells are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Dantrell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dantrell in 2025?
- Dantrell is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Dantrell will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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