Colonel
#4,183 most common boys' name of all time · #10,264 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1987
Rank among boys
#4,183
Rank overall
#10,264 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
1,250
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,184
Best rank
#405 1891
Girls
Boys
peak 37/yr
Colonel is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,111 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,494 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,552 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,072 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,673 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,243 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,696 |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,782 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,972 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,058 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,336 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,054 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1960 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,433 |
| 1958 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,045 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,573 |
| 1956 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,098 |
| 1955 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,734 |
| 1954 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,216 |
| 1953 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,102 |
| 1952 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,526 |
| 1951 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,508 |
| 1950 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,031 |
| 1949 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,952 |
| 1948 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1947 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,653 |
| 1946 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,960 |
| 1945 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,413 |
| 1944 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 1943 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,919 |
| 1942 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,053 |
| 1941 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,695 |
| 1940 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,744 |
| 1939 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,495 |
| 1938 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,343 |
| 1937 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1936 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,590 |
| 1935 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,040 |
| 1934 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,870 |
| 1933 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,543 |
| 1932 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,119 |
| 1930 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,191 |
| 1929 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,569 |
| 1928 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1927 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,806 |
| 1926 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1925 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,874 |
| 1924 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,269 |
| 1923 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,554 |
| 1922 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,442 |
| 1921 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,230 |
| 1920 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,184 |
| 1919 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,325 |
| 1918 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,346 |
| 1917 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,441 |
| 1916 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 1915 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,271 |
| 1914 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,306 |
| 1913 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,209 |
| 1912 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,064 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,559 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,129 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,405 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,365 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,026 |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | #982 |
| 1901 | — | 9 | 9 | #743 |
| 1900 | — | 9 | 9 | #917 |
| 1898 | — | 9 | 9 | #765 |
| 1897 | — | 7 | 7 | #874 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,006 |
| 1895 | — | 11 | 11 | #655 |
| 1894 | — | 6 | 6 | #987 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #843 |
| 1892 | — | 10 | 10 | #711 |
| 1891 | — | 19 | 19 | #405 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | #911 |
| 1889 | — | 9 | 9 | #688 |
| 1888 | — | 11 | 11 | #627 |
| 1887 | — | 10 | 10 | #604 |
| 1886 | — | 6 | 6 | #869 |
| 1885 | — | 11 | 11 | #593 |
| 1884 | — | 9 | 9 | #675 |
| 1883 | — | 10 | 10 | #616 |
| 1882 | — | 14 | 14 | #507 |
| 1881 | — | 14 | 14 | #479 |
| 1880 | — | 11 | 11 | #578 |