Captain
#7,577 most common boys' name of all time · #19,086 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1883–2025
Rank among boys
#7,577
Rank overall
#19,086 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
466
Since 2016
227
Peak year
2018 #3,381
Best rank
#744 1887
Girls
Boys
peak 33/yr
Captain first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,842 |
| 2023 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,896 |
| 2022 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,309 |
| 2021 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,946 |
| 2020 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,545 |
| 2019 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,345 |
| 2018 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,381 |
| 2017 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,111 |
| 2016 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,445 |
| 2015 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,897 |
| 2013 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,186 |
| 2012 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,270 |
| 2011 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,667 |
| 2010 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,707 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,208 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,952 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,149 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,521 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,005 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,612 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,592 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,553 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,898 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,337 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,223 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,404 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,553 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,482 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,152 |
| 1887 | — | 8 | 8 | #744 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #993 |