Captain
- #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 466since 1883
Captain over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Captain has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #4,303 | 24 |
| 2021 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2019 | #4,337 | 23 |
| 2018 | #3,373 | 33 |
| 2017 | #4,105 | 25 |
| 2016 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #4,080 | 25 |
| 2014 | #3,891 | 26 |
| 2013 | #4,180 | 23 |
| 2012 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #4,659 | 20 |
| 2010 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
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| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
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| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
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| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
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| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
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| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
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| 1920 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
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| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
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| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
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| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
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| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
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| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
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First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Captain! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Captain is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Captain in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,624 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #5,208)
- 668 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #5,208)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1887 at #679 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1883–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,676
- Highest: 1 in 12,676 boys born in 1887 were named Captain (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 50.6% of all boys named Captain (236) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #679 (1887) | #786 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,058 (1901) | #1,058 |
| 1910s | 24 | #1,421 (1910) | #3,118 |
| 1920s | 18 | #3,505 (1924) | #3,888 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,534 (1938) | #3,534 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,560 (1942) | #3,560 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,944 (1958) | #3,944 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,468 (1981) | #5,468 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 35 | #7,187 (2008) | #10,054 |
| 2010s | 236 | #3,373 (2018) | #4,402 |
| 2020s | 114 | #4,303 (2022) | #5,118 |
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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