Commodore

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Commodore has been given to 368 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1923, with 20 recorded.

Babies named Commodore, 1964

1 in 777,000

Commodore over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Commodore: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Commodore means

Commodore is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Commodore is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 368 boys were recorded with the name Commodore between 1880 and 1964. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1923; its best national rank was #716 in 1891.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Commodore?

Commodore had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1964, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1964: 1 in 777,000; 5 of 3,887,460 births
Among boys only: 1 in 399,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1964: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 538,918 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Commodore sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1964 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 538,918 children born in 1964 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Commodore. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Commodores were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Commodore was born before 1922 — so the typical Commodore is around 103 today.

Median birth year: 1922; About 103 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 29.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 16.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 18; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 29.9% of all recorded uses (110).

Is Commodore rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1923 (20)
Years since peak: 102; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #716; 1891

Commodore by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #716; 1891
Peak year: 1923; 20 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 1964
All-time count: 368
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Commodore

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Commodore

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Filomena Novella Aletha Dorcas Vernice Albertha Bethel Rosina

For a brother

Elwin Rubin Bertram Alvis Eldridge Trinidad Hobert Harland

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