Boys' name · since 1996
Capone
Capone has 228 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,174 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,702 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 228
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Capone is the #12702 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 228 recorded since 1996.
Capone has 228 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12702 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #12,174 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,702 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 228 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Capone ranks #12,174 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,702 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 228 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,174 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,702 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 228
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Capone's 228 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Capone compares
228 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Capone's all-time total is 38% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Capone | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 228 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Capone's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Capone splits its recorded history at 2011: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Capone popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Capone by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (108 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Capone's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Capone births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 108 births (47% of all-time use).
Capone by state
Where Capone concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.6% |
6 of 228 births nationwide.
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What to do with Capone's data
- Capone's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (108 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Capones (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Capone: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Capone draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.