Captain — #6818 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Captain

The Social Security Administration has registered 448 babies named Captain between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Captain currently holds the #6818 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Captain performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Captain shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Captain in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Captain 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 448 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.