Capone — #12984 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Capone

The Social Security Administration has registered 223 babies named Capone between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Capone currently holds the #12984 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Capone performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Capone shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Capone in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Capone in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 223 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.