How Many People Are Named Colonel?
people named Colonel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,329,902 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,250 babies named Colonel in Social Security records from 1880 to 1987, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Colonel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Colonel alive today is about 70 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Colonel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 37 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1987.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1987
🏆 Rank History
Colonel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #401, in 1891.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #401 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,404 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Colonel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Colonel were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 2 of those alive today.
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