Colonel
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1891
19 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,250
since 1880
Born a Colonel? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Colonel was most popular in 1891, when 19 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.19 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Colonel in 2025. Not recorded since 1987.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 6 | 5525 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 8 | 3658 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 6 | 4230 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 6 | 3673 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 9 | 2760 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 5 | 4039 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 7 | 3318 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 8 | 3041 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 8 | 3097 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 12 | 2423 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 8 | 3033 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 15 | 2091 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 20 | 1725 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 13 | 2207 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 14 | 2099 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 10 | 2514 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 10 | 2495 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 14 | 2019 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 15 | 1941 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 8 | 2788 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 21 | 1646 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 14 | 1949 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 22 | 1406 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 17 | 1683 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 15 | 1910 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 13 | 2042 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 17 | 1685 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 16 | 1736 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 20 | 1489 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 10 | 2326 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 19 | 1576 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 18 | 1587 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 13 | 2029 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 15 | 1860 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 20 | 1540 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 23 | 1465 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 13 | 2101 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 13 | 2178 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 22 | 1564 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 31 | 1293 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 19 | 1796 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 28 | 1379 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 18 | 1870 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 33 | 1263 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 24 | 1551 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 27 | 1434 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 35 | 1226 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 37 | 1180 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 29 | 1321 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 28 | 1343 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 24 | 1437 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 31 | 1176 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 27 | 1265 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 21 | 1300 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 18 | 1205 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 19 | 1059 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 6 | 1537 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 9 | 1118 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 5 | 1373 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 5 | 1345 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 7 | 1004 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 7 | 966 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 9 | 727 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 9 | 902 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 9 | 744 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 7 | 852 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 6 | 982 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 11 | 640 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 6 | 954 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 7 | 836 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 10 | 688 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 19 | 397 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 6 | 884 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 9 | 673 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 11 | 609 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 10 | 583 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 6 | 845 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 11 | 577 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 9 | 663 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 10 | 597 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 14 | 489 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 14 | 460 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 11 | 571 |
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