Colonel
- Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,089
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,250since 1880
Colonel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Colonel has never cracked the top 300 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 | |
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| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,540 | 20 |
| 1932 | #1,465 | 23 |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #1,379 | 28 |
| 1925 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1922 | #1,434 | 27 |
| 1921 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #1,180 | 37 |
| 1919 | #1,321 | 29 |
| 1918 | #1,343 | 28 |
| 1917 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,176 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #640 | 11 |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | #397 | 19 |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #577 | 11 |
| 1884 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | #489 | 14 |
| 1881 | #460 | 14 |
| 1880 | #571 | 11 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Colonel was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Colonel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Colonel 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 1987
- Biggest jump: 487 spots in 1891
- Biggest drop: 342 spots in 1896
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #397 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1880–1898
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,326
- Highest: 1 in 5,326 boys born in 1891 were named Colonel (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 311,164 boys born in 1987 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.9% of all boys named Colonel (274) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 105 | #460 (1881) | #607 |
| 1890s | 81 | #397 (1891) | #775 |
| 1900s | 42 | #727 (1901) | #1,053 |
| 1910s | 212 | #1,059 (1912) | #1,276 |
| 1920s | 274 | #1,180 (1920) | #1,456 |
| 1930s | 164 | #1,465 (1932) | #1,815 |
| 1940s | 158 | #1,406 (1945) | #1,879 |
| 1950s | 110 | #1,725 (1955) | #2,415 |
| 1960s | 65 | #2,423 (1960) | #3,359 |
| 1970s | 21 | #3,658 (1971) | #3,981 |
| 1980s | 18 | #5,468 (1981) | #5,694 |
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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