Cantrell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAN-trel
- Origin
- English
Cantrell is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Cantrell come from?
English: English surname of uncertain origin
Is Cantrell a girl's or a boy's name?
Cantrell is a boys' name.
How popular is Cantrell in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1979, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Cantrell in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cantrell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
Names like Cantrell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cantrell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cantrell, updated 20 October 2026.