Cottrell is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Cottrell is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Cottrell first appears in 1918 and peaked in 1922 (8 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | #11,000 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | #9,482 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | #9,114 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #7,450 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #5,487 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | #5,178 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #4,916 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #4,156 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,103 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,618 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #3,219 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #2,884 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #3,792 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #3,831 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #3,525 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,553 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #2,962 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | #3,343 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #4,323 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #3,971 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | #3,310 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #4,481 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #3,920 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #3,818 |