Colonel is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Colonel is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1987. Colonel was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (37 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 6 | — | #6,241 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #5,630 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #5,656 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #4,139 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #3,717 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | #4,332 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #3,760 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | #2,810 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,047 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #4,006 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #4,151 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #3,367 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #3,089 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #3,146 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | #2,445 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #3,075 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,636 |
| 1956 | 15 | — | #2,103 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #1,737 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #2,224 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #2,112 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #2,554 |
| 1951 | 10 | — | #2,528 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | #2,042 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | #1,958 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #2,822 |
| 1947 | 21 | — | #1,660 |
| 1946 | 14 | — | #1,967 |
| 1945 | 22 | — | #1,417 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | #1,695 |
| 1943 | 15 | — | #1,932 |
| 1942 | 13 | — | #2,061 |
| 1941 | 17 | — | #1,704 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #1,748 |
| 1939 | 20 | — | #1,501 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | #2,359 |
| 1937 | 19 | — | #1,589 |
| 1936 | 18 | — | #1,598 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | #2,052 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #1,875 |
| 1933 | 20 | — | #1,550 |
| 1932 | 23 | — | #1,473 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | #2,121 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,202 |
| 1929 | 22 | — | #1,571 |
| 1928 | 31 | — | #1,300 |
| 1927 | 19 | — | #1,816 |
| 1926 | 28 | — | #1,383 |
| 1925 | 18 | — | #1,885 |
| 1924 | 33 | — | #1,268 |
| 1923 | 24 | — | #1,558 |
| 1922 | 27 | — | #1,437 |
| 1921 | 35 | — | #1,233 |
| 1920 | 37 | — | #1,185 |
| 1919 | 29 | — | #1,327 |
| 1918 | 28 | — | #1,348 |
| 1917 | 24 | — | #1,452 |
| 1916 | 31 | — | #1,182 |
| 1915 | 27 | — | #1,272 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,304 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | #1,217 |
| 1912 | 19 | — | #1,065 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #1,577 |
| 1910 | 9 | — | #1,132 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #1,424 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,029 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #987 |
| 1901 | 9 | — | #737 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #917 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | #754 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | #863 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,005 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | #646 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #976 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | #849 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | #696 |
| 1891 | 19 | — | #401 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | #911 |
| 1889 | 9 | — | #685 |
| 1888 | 11 | — | #620 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | #595 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | #861 |
| 1885 | 11 | — | #583 |
| 1884 | 9 | — | #671 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | #607 |
| 1882 | 14 | — | #496 |
| 1881 | 14 | — | #467 |
| 1880 | 11 | — | #578 |