Capitola

Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,325

Peak · girls
1884 · 10 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
579
since 1882

Capitola over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Capitola has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #686, 1884girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1948#5,2435
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1942#4,1246
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1933#3,7536
1932#3,9016
1931#3,4977
1930#4,0476
1929#2,92110
1928#3,1649
1927#3,8757
1926#4,3066
1925#2,77812
1924#1,99220
1923#3,12510
1922#2,02719
1921#2,50914
1920#1,66625
1919#1,56526
1918#1,88720
1917#1,99617
1916#1,48525
1915#1,17334
1914#1,22825
1913#1,30819
1912#1,21819
1911#1,11316
1910#1,42111
1909#1,29011
1908#1,35710
1907#1,20611
1906#1,3219
1905#1,2989
1904#1,17010
1903#96913
1902#1,4387
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1900#1,17111
1899#1,0999
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1896#1,2138
1895#1,1239
1894#1,3536
1893#1,4375
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1891#1,0068
1890#1,3385
1889#9029
1888
1887#7889
1886#8977
1885#9216
1884#68610
1883
1882#8136
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Capitola! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Capitola
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1956
  • Biggest jump: 469 spots in 1903 (#1,438#969)
  • Biggest drop: 436 spots in 1890 (#902#1,338)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1884 at #686 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1884–1887
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,902
  • Highest: 1 in 12,902 girls born in 1884 were named Capitola (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 334,617 girls born in 1956 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 36.6% of all girls named Capitola (212) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s47#686 (1884)#835
1890s50#1,006 (1891)#1,224
1900s91#969 (1903)#1,247
1910s212#1,113 (1911)#1,439
1920s132#1,666 (1920)#2,836
1930s30#3,497 (1931)#3,891
1940s11#4,124 (1942)#4,684
1950s6#5,325 (1956)#5,325

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

Capitola in 1887

girls
#788
9 births · 1 in 16,220 girls

Top girls' names in 1887

  1. #1Mary9,888
  2. #2Anna4,227
  3. #3Elizabeth2,681
  4. #4Emma2,647
  5. #5Margaret2,419
  6. #6Minnie2,215
  7. #7Bertha2,037
  8. #8Clara1,984
  9. #9Florence1,964
  10. #10Ida1,929
  11. #788Capitola9
More about 1887

girls

145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 16,220 of them was named Capitola, which outranked 39.7% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Capitola
  1. #733Rubie10
  2. #733Tempie10
  3. #733Veva10
  4. #788Capitola9
  5. #788Adelina9
  6. #788Adell9
  7. #788Aggie9
  8. #860Adelle8
  9. #860Aileen8
  10. #860Alicia8

Tied with 71 names at #788; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. 571Ossie#1,108#537
  2. 522Albertine#1,108#586
  3. 475Grayce#1,108#633
  4. 447Berenice#1,108#661
  5. 447Elfrieda#1,108#661
Fallers
  1. 591Faith#556#1,147
  2. 541Jo#606#1,147
  3. 541Leanna#606#1,147
  4. 541Manie#606#1,147
  5. 430Drusilla#606#1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1887