Admiral

Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863

Peak · boys
1898 · 25 births
Debut · boys
25 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
263
since 1898

Admiral over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Admiral has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #394, 1898boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#10,8636
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017#10,7756
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982#5,6196
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968#4,1365
1967
1966
1965#3,9305
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956#3,2167
1955#2,9648
1954
1953#3,7985
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945#3,3385
1944
1943#3,2316
1942
1941
1940#2,4789
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932#2,6389
1931#3,0957
1930#3,0228
1929#3,2477
1928#3,0768
1927#2,12115
1926#3,3857
1925#2,58811
1924#3,2608
1923#2,9509
1922#3,2528
1921
1920
1919
1918#2,26013
1917#3,2177
1916#3,8975
1915
1914#2,6517
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904#1,2055
1903
1902
1901#1,0585
1900#57818
1899#54813
1898#39425
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
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1881
1880
First appearance
1898

The first year at least five boys were named Admiral! It came in at #394, and was given to 25 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Admiral
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest drop: 480 spots in 1901 (#578#1,058)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1898 at #394 (25 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1898–1900
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,907
  • Highest: 1 in 4,907 boys born in 1898 were named Admiral (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 27.8% of all boys named Admiral (73) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s38#394 (1898)#471
1900s28#578 (1900)#947
1910s32#2,260 (1918)#3,006
1920s73#2,121 (1927)#2,985
1930s24#2,638 (1932)#2,918
1940s20#2,478 (1940)#3,016
1950s20#2,964 (1955)#3,326
1960s10#3,930 (1965)#4,033
1970s0
1980s6#5,619 (1982)#5,619
1990s0
2000s0
2010s6#10,775 (2017)#10,775
2020s6#10,863 (2022)#10,863

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Admiral in 1956

boys
#3,216
7 births · 1 in 302,186 boys

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #3,216Admiral7
More about 1956

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 302,186 of them was named Admiral, which outranked 27.8% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Admiral
  1. #2,969Zan8
  2. #2,969Zebbie8
  3. #2,969Zev8
  4. #3,216Admiral7
  5. #3,216Abron7
  6. #3,216Adelbert7
  7. #3,216Adrien7
  8. #3,535Abbie6
  9. #3,535Abbott6
  10. #3,535Abie6

Tied with 318 names at #3,216; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956