boys:
436 births since 1883
#4150 (9th percentile)
overall:
436 births since 1883
#7303 (6th percentile)
The name Captain is the #7,303 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 436 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 5.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,150 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 436 births since 1883.
Captain first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (first recorded for boys in 1883). Birth data for Captain is available in 33 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Captain reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #885) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1887, with 73 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Captain ranks #896 for boys (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 14.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Captain".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Captain. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.7% confident that Captain is pronounced as KAP-tuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAP-tihn, at 29.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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