Colson
#310 for boys in 2025, 1,099 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,099 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,729since 1924
Colson over time
Rank among boys' names. Colson has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #310 | 1,099 |
| 2024 | #354 | 949 |
| 2023 | #345 | 950 |
| 2022 | #317 | 1,059 |
| 2021 | #323 | 1,025 |
| 2020 | #351 | 902 |
| 2019 | #455 | 657 |
| 2018 | #639 | 409 |
| 2017 | #736 | 323 |
| 2016 | #1,049 | 188 |
| 2015 | #1,111 | 173 |
| 2014 | #1,245 | 145 |
| 2013 | #1,174 | 153 |
| 2012 | #1,222 | 145 |
| 2011 | #1,056 | 178 |
| 2010 | #1,190 | 151 |
| 2009 | #1,390 | 122 |
| 2008 | #1,325 | 131 |
| 2007 | #1,306 | 132 |
| 2006 | #1,551 | 95 |
| 2005 | #1,573 | 88 |
| 2004 | #1,440 | 97 |
| 2003 | #1,646 | 76 |
| 2002 | #1,851 | 61 |
| 2001 | #1,345 | 96 |
| 2000 | #1,944 | 53 |
| 1999 | #2,023 | 47 |
| 1998 | #2,157 | 42 |
| 1997 | #2,347 | 35 |
| 1996 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
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| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
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| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Colson! It came in at #4,347, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Colson is popular in 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#83 · 1 in 270
- Indiana#139 · 1 in 554
- New Hampshire#148 · 1 in 479
- North Dakota#158 · 1 in 433
- Iowa#177 · 1 in 635
Best ever in a state: #61 in West Virginia, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #83 | 24 | 1 in 270 |
| Indiana | #139 | 57 | 1 in 554 |
| New Hampshire | #148 | 9 | 1 in 479 |
| North Dakota | #158 | 8 | 1 in 433 |
| Iowa | #177 | 21 | 1 in 635 |
| Pennsylvania | #182 | 72 | 1 in 723 |
| Missouri | #185 | 38 | 1 in 707 |
| Ohio | #185 | 71 | 1 in 739 |
| Rhode Island | #201 | 5 | 1 in 645 |
| Kentucky | #224 | 23 | 1 in 861 |
| Maine | #225 | 5 | 1 in 743 |
| South Carolina | #226 | 23 | 1 in 888 |
| Arkansas | #237 | 14 | 1 in 898 |
| North Carolina | #243 | 50 | 1 in 1,014 |
| South Dakota | #243 | 5 | 1 in 724 |
| Nebraska | #246 | 10 | 1 in 850 |
| Oklahoma | #260 | 18 | 1 in 973 |
| Michigan | #274 | 34 | 1 in 1,181 |
| Kansas | #278 | 13 | 1 in 1,044 |
| Wisconsin | #280 | 20 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Tennessee | #293 | 29 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Mississippi | #311 | 10 | 1 in 1,147 |
| Virginia | #312 | 27 | 1 in 1,380 |
| Alabama | #319 | 17 | 1 in 1,288 |
| Maryland | #341 | 16 | 1 in 1,452 |
| New Mexico | #342 | 5 | 1 in 1,247 |
| Minnesota | #352 | 16 | 1 in 1,500 |
| Nevada | #353 | 8 | 1 in 1,378 |
| Illinois | #365 | 29 | 1 in 1,730 |
| Louisiana | #405 | 13 | 1 in 1,571 |
| Colorado | #428 | 13 | 1 in 1,909 |
| Oregon | #436 | 8 | 1 in 1,849 |
| Washington | #469 | 15 | 1 in 2,110 |
| Utah | #471 | 9 | 1 in 2,042 |
| New Jersey | #519 | 14 | 1 in 2,883 |
| Georgia | #522 | 20 | 1 in 2,519 |
| Florida | #540 | 31 | 1 in 3,039 |
| Texas | #552 | 57 | 1 in 3,112 |
| New York | #580 | 26 | 1 in 3,299 |
| Massachusetts | #676 | 6 | 1 in 4,550 |
| Arizona | #686 | 8 | 1 in 4,063 |
| California | #846 | 29 | 1 in 6,202 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Colson
- 44 spots since 2024 (#354 → #310)
- 41 spots since 2020 (#351 → #310)
- 801 spots since 2015 (#1,111 → #310)
- Biggest jump: 313 spots in 2017 (#1,049 → #736)
- Biggest drop: 28 spots in 2023 (#317 → #345)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 2025 at #310 (1,099 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,554 boys born in 2025 were named Colson (0.06%)
- 61.5% of all boys named Colson (5,984) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,347 (1924) | #4,347 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,645 (1935) | #3,645 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 29 | #4,271 (1989) | #5,827 |
| 1990s | 233 | #2,023 (1999) | #3,591 |
| 2000s | 951 | #1,306 (2007) | #1,537 |
| 2010s | 2,522 | #455 (2019) | #988 |
| 2020s | 5,984 | #310 (2025) | #333 |
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.
Colson in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
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1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 1,801 of them was named Colson, which outranked 97.6% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).