Capucine
Feminine
Capucine entered the US charts in 1961, peaked at #3402 in 1965, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Capucine?
Capucine first appears in US birth records in 1961 — 64 years ago. The typical Capucine alive today was born around 1968, making them about 57 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Capucine are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Capucine most popular?
Capucine peaked in 1965, reaching #3402 nationally. See the whole 1965 chart.
Capucine appears on this list:
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1961
- Most girls named
- 196514 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3402reached in 1965
- Change vs 1976
- −20.0%8 in 2008, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Capucine in other languages
INSEE rounds every published count to the nearest five for statistical confidentiality; the ranks are calculated from the exact figures. International figures from INSEE. Sources
Capucines among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Capucine are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Fashion outlook
Capucine sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
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Frequently asked
- How many Capucines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Capucine are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Capucine in 2025?
- Capucine is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Capucine with classmates?
- Capucine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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