Colonel peaked in the US in 1891 at #397, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Colonel as a boy’s name Share of babies Rank
Colonel as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Colonel as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 1880 1920 1960 2000 Colonel as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Colonel as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1920 1960 2000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers Year US 1987 #6,089 (6) 1981 #5,468 (6) 1980 #5,525 (6) 1973 #4,054 (7) 1971 #3,658 (8) 1970 #4,230 (6) 1968 #3,673 (6) 1967 #2,760 (9) 1966 #3,948 (5) 1965 #3,930 (5) 1964 #4,039 (5) 1963 #3,318 (7) 1962 #3,041 (8) 1961 #3,097 (8) 1960 #2,423 (12)
The tide so far Peaked in the US in 1891 at #397. In the US records since the data begins in 1880.