Cap

Peak · boys
1885 · 9 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
104
since 1881

Cap over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cap has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #641, 1885boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2024#12,3495
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1919#4,1685
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1893#9076
1892#1,0665
1891#9635
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1885#6419
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Cap! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Cap is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Cap in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1901
  • Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1892
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1885 at #641 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · 1881–1901
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,978
  • Highest: 1 in 11,978 boys born in 1885 were named Cap (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 23.1% of all boys named Cap (24) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s20#641 (1885)#818
1890s16#907 (1893)#979
1900s11#943 (1901)#1,127
1910s24#2,273 (1913)#3,459
1920s5#4,286 (1920)#4,286
1930s5#3,549 (1936)#3,549
1940s5#3,430 (1944)#3,430
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2010s5#12,136 (2013)#12,136
2020s13#8,990 (2022)#10,670

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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