Captain Popularity by Year

Follow Captain across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Captain birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2025	Boys	18	#5,208	Up 1,624 places
2024	Boys	12	#6,832	Down 1,946 places
2023	Boys	20	#4,886	Down 583 places
2022	Boys	24	#4,303	Up 633 places
2021	Boys	19	#4,936	Down 396 places
2020	Boys	21	#4,540	Down 203 places
2019	Boys	23	#4,337	Down 964 places
2018	Boys	33	#3,373	Up 732 places
2017	Boys	25	#4,105	Down 664 places
2016	Boys	32	#3,441	Up 639 places
2015	Boys	25	#4,080	Down 189 places
2014	Boys	26	#3,891	Up 289 places
2013	Boys	23	#4,180	Up 1,076 places
2012	Boys	17	#5,256	Down 597 places
2011	Boys	20	#4,659	Up 2,039 places
2010	Boys	12	#6,698	Up 4,296 places
2009	Boys	6	#10,994	Down 3,807 places
2008	Boys	11	#7,187	Up 3,734 places
2007	Boys	6	#10,921	Up 1,134 places
2006	Boys	5	#12,055	Down 2,940 places
2005	Boys	7	#9,115	Down 3,647 places
1981	Boys	6	#5,468	Down 1,524 places
1958	Boys	5	#3,944	Down 384 places
1942	Boys	5	#3,560	Down 26 places
1938	Boys	5	#3,534	Down 29 places
1924	Boys	7	#3,505	Up 367 places
1922	Boys	6	#3,872	Up 414 places
1920	Boys	5	#4,286	Down 118 places
1919	Boys	5	#4,168	Down 800 places
1918	Boys	7	#3,368	Up 148 places
1916	Boys	6	#3,516	Down 2,095 places
1910	Boys	6	#1,421	Down 363 places
1901	Boys	5	#1,058	Down 379 places
1887	Boys	8	#679	Up 213 places
1883	Boys	5	#892	—