NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Captain Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Captain: every year it appeared on the national list since 1883, with 466 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
466
Peak year
2018 #3383
Years on the list
35
10-year trend
-30.6%

In the 2010s ·

Popularity history

1883–2025

YearBirthsRank
201120#4681
201217#5285
201323#4202
201426#3918
201525#4093
201632#3454
201725#4126
201833#3383
201923#4351
202021#4563
202119#4960
202224#4322
202320#4909
202412#6907
202518#5242

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2018

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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