Colonel is a boy name. It last appeared in U.S. Social Security records in 1987. Colonel first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1920 (37 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 6 | #14,609 |
| 1981 | 6 | #13,403 |
| 1980 | 6 | #13,415 |
| 1973 | 7 | #9,871 |
| 1971 | 8 | #8,904 |
| 1970 | 6 | #10,322 |
| 1968 | 6 | #9,085 |
| 1967 | 9 | #6,829 |
| 1966 | 5 | #9,571 |
| 1965 | 5 | #9,501 |
| 1964 | 5 | #9,812 |
| 1963 | 7 | #7,882 |
| 1962 | 8 | #7,248 |
| 1961 | 8 | #7,294 |
| 1960 | 12 | #5,654 |
| 1958 | 8 | #6,916 |
| 1957 | 6 | #8,080 |
| 1956 | 15 | #4,797 |
| 1955 | 20 | #3,950 |
| 1954 | 13 | #4,986 |
| 1953 | 14 | #4,681 |
| 1952 | 10 | #5,601 |
| 1951 | 10 | #5,525 |
| 1950 | 14 | #4,498 |
| 1949 | 15 | #4,258 |
| 1948 | 8 | #6,094 |
| 1947 | 21 | #3,570 |
| 1946 | 14 | #4,244 |
| 1945 | 22 | #3,033 |
| 1944 | 17 | #3,561 |
| 1943 | 15 | #3,979 |
| 1942 | 13 | #4,230 |
| 1941 | 17 | #3,470 |
| 1940 | 16 | #3,523 |
| 1939 | 20 | #3,032 |
| 1938 | 10 | #4,628 |
| 1937 | 19 | #3,155 |
| 1936 | 18 | #3,167 |
| 1935 | 13 | #3,994 |
| 1934 | 15 | #3,672 |
| 1933 | 20 | #3,062 |
| 1932 | 23 | #2,890 |
| 1931 | 13 | #4,055 |
| 1930 | 13 | #4,252 |
| 1929 | 22 | #3,080 |
| 1928 | 31 | #2,528 |
| 1927 | 19 | #3,569 |
| 1926 | 28 | #2,761 |
| 1925 | 18 | #3,734 |
| 1924 | 33 | #2,586 |
| 1923 | 24 | #3,119 |
| 1922 | 27 | #2,909 |
| 1921 | 35 | #2,454 |
| 1920 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1919 | 29 | #2,641 |
| 1918 | 28 | #2,704 |
| 1917 | 24 | #2,857 |
| 1916 | 31 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 27 | #2,520 |
| 1914 | 21 | #2,567 |
| 1913 | 18 | #2,452 |
| 1912 | 19 | #2,192 |
| 1911 | 6 | #3,418 |
| 1910 | 9 | #2,580 |
| 1908 | 5 | #3,193 |
| 1907 | 5 | #3,128 |
| 1906 | 7 | #2,417 |
| 1904 | 7 | #2,315 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,799 |
| 1900 | 9 | #2,097 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,858 |
| 1897 | 7 | #2,012 |
| 1896 | 6 | #2,273 |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,598 |
| 1894 | 6 | #2,178 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,909 |
| 1892 | 10 | #1,611 |
| 1891 | 19 | #1,009 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,985 |
| 1889 | 9 | #1,534 |
| 1888 | 11 | #1,406 |
| 1887 | 10 | #1,313 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,766 |
| 1885 | 11 | #1,237 |
| 1884 | 9 | #1,382 |
| 1883 | 10 | #1,221 |
| 1882 | 14 | #999 |
| 1881 | 14 | #931 |
| 1880 | 11 | #1,102 |