Colonel
Colonel is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 401st, in 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192037 births
- Best rank
- #401in 1891
- Since 1880
- 1,250people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,250 boys have been named Colonel in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 37 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 37 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1926, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Colonel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 105 | |
| 1890s | 81 | |
| 1900s | 42 | |
| 1910s | 212 | |
| 1920s | 274 | |
| 1930s | 164 | |
| 1940s | 158 | |
| 1950s | 110 | |
| 1960s | 65 | |
| 1970s | 21 | |
| 1980s | 18 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Colonel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Colonel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Perleypeak 1915
- Rollapeak 1916
- Bertpeak 1918
- Newtonpeak 1919
- Elzapeak 1922
- Benjimanpeak 1921
- Gustavepeak 1915
- Alvahpeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.