Commodore

Last seen for boys in 1964 at #4,039

Peak · boys
1891 · 8 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
368
since 1880

Commodore over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Commodore has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #700, 1891boys
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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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1964#4,0395
1963
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1961#3,6526
1960
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1953#3,1437
1952
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1949#3,6905
1948#3,3166
1947#3,7335
1946
1945#3,3385
1944#2,6338
1943#3,2316
1942
1941#3,1336
1940
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1937
1936#3,1476
1935#2,9517
1934
1933
1932#3,3616
1931#2,47110
1930#2,29312
1929#3,2477
1928#3,3577
1927#2,70310
1926#2,72510
1925#2,9369
1924#2,82210
1923#1,75320
1922#2,48612
1921#2,37613
1920#2,45912
1919#3,3917
1918#1,90517
1917#2,28012
1916#2,38911
1915#2,31011
1914#2,4578
1913#2,2737
1912
1911#1,7405
1910
1909
1908#1,3735
1907
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1905
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
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1899
1898#7449
1897#1,0575
1896
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1893
1892#1,0665
1891#7008
1890#9945
1889#7897
1888
1887
1886#8456
1885
1884#7647
1883#8925
1882#7547
1881
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Commodore was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Commodore
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
  • Biggest jump: 313 spots in 1898 (#1,057#744)
  • Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1892 (#700#1,066)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #700 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1882–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,649
  • Highest: 1 in 12,649 boys born in 1891 were named Commodore (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 398,540 boys born in 1964 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 29.9% of all boys named Commodore (110) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s38#754 (1882)#809
1890s32#700 (1891)#912
1900s10#1,137 (1902)#1,255
1910s78#1,740 (1911)#2,343
1920s110#1,753 (1923)#2,686
1930s41#2,293 (1930)#2,845
1940s41#2,633 (1944)#3,296
1950s7#3,143 (1953)#3,143
1960s11#3,652 (1961)#3,846

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.

Commodore in 1886

boys
#845
6 births · 1 in 18,464 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #845Commodore6
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 18,464 of them was named Commodore, which outranked 23.9% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Commodore
  1. #758Wirt7
  2. #758Wong7
  3. #758Woody7
  4. #845Commodore6
  5. #845Ada6
  6. #845Algie6
  7. #845Almon6
  8. #959Acey5
  9. #959Adelbert5
  10. #959Alan5

Tied with 113 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. 505Thornton#936#431
  2. 485Oswald#936#451
  3. 445Evans#936#491
  4. 396Grace#936#540
  5. 385Abel#836#451
Fallers
  1. 497Adelbert#462#959
  2. 438Carey#521#959
  3. 412Santiago#547#959
  4. 382Brooks#577#959
  5. 355Alma#604#959

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

See the top 100 for 1886