girls:
20 births since 1985
#5696 (0th percentile)
boys:
31 births since 1990
#4555 (1st percentile)
overall:
51 births since 1985
#7688 (1st percentile)
The name Jontel is the #7,688 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 51 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,555 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 31 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #5,696 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 20 births since 1985.
Jontel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for girls and 1990 for boys). Birth data for Jontel is available in 8 out of the 28 years between 1985 and 2012 (6 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jontel has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.8% of all recorded births). In 2012, 100.0% of babies named Jontel were boys. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for girls (66.7% girls from 1985 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1996 to 2012).
For boys, Jontel reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #813) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
For girls, Jontel reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #859) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jontel".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Jontel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.9% confident that Jontel is pronounced as jahn-TEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAHN-tehl, at 14.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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