Colonel Popularity by Year
Follow Colonel across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Colonel birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Boys | 6 | #6,089 | Down 621 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 6 | #5,468 | Up 57 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 6 | #5,525 | Down 1,471 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 7 | #4,054 | Down 396 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 8 | #3,658 | Up 572 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 6 | #4,230 | Down 557 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 6 | #3,673 | Down 913 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 9 | #2,760 | Up 1,188 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 5 | #3,948 | Down 18 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 5 | #3,930 | Up 109 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 5 | #4,039 | Down 721 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 7 | #3,318 | Down 277 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 8 | #3,041 | Up 56 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 8 | #3,097 | Down 674 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 12 | #2,423 | Up 610 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 8 | #3,033 | Up 519 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 6 | #3,552 | Down 1,461 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 15 | #2,091 | Down 366 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 20 | #1,725 | Up 482 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 13 | #2,207 | Down 108 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 14 | #2,099 | Up 415 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 10 | #2,514 | Down 19 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 10 | #2,495 | Down 476 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 14 | #2,019 | Down 78 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 15 | #1,941 | Up 847 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 8 | #2,788 | Down 1,142 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 21 | #1,646 | Up 303 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 14 | #1,949 | Down 543 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 22 | #1,406 | Up 277 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 17 | #1,683 | Up 227 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 15 | #1,910 | Up 132 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 13 | #2,042 | Down 357 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 17 | #1,685 | Up 51 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 16 | #1,736 | Down 247 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 20 | #1,489 | Up 837 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 10 | #2,326 | Down 750 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 19 | #1,576 | Up 11 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 18 | #1,587 | Up 442 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 13 | #2,029 | Down 169 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 15 | #1,860 | Down 320 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 20 | #1,540 | Down 75 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 23 | #1,465 | Up 636 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 13 | #2,101 | Up 77 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 13 | #2,178 | Down 614 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 22 | #1,564 | Down 271 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 31 | #1,293 | Up 503 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 19 | #1,796 | Down 417 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 28 | #1,379 | Up 491 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 18 | #1,870 | Down 607 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 33 | #1,263 | Up 288 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 24 | #1,551 | Down 117 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 27 | #1,434 | Down 208 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 35 | #1,226 | Down 46 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 37 | #1,180 | Up 141 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 29 | #1,321 | Up 22 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 28 | #1,343 | Up 94 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 24 | #1,437 | Down 261 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 31 | #1,176 | Up 89 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 27 | #1,265 | Up 35 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 21 | #1,300 | Down 95 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 18 | #1,205 | Down 146 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 19 | #1,059 | Up 478 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 6 | #1,537 | Down 419 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 9 | #1,118 | Up 255 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 5 | #1,373 | Down 28 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 5 | #1,345 | Down 341 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 7 | #1,004 | Down 38 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 7 | #966 | Down 239 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 9 | #727 | Up 175 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 9 | #902 | Down 158 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 9 | #744 | Up 108 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 7 | #852 | Up 130 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 6 | #982 | Down 342 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 11 | #640 | Up 314 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 6 | #954 | Down 118 places |
| 1893 | Boys | 7 | #836 | Down 148 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 10 | #688 | Down 291 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 19 | #397 | Up 487 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 6 | #884 | Down 211 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 9 | #673 | Down 64 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 11 | #609 | Down 26 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 10 | #583 | Up 262 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 6 | #845 | Down 268 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 11 | #577 | Up 86 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 9 | #663 | Down 66 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 10 | #597 | Down 108 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 14 | #489 | Down 29 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 14 | #460 | Up 111 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 11 | #571 | — |