Colston
#1,932 for boys in 2025, 80 births
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 91 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,247since 1994
Colston over time
Rank among boys' names. Colston has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #1,932 | 80 |
| 2024 | #2,835 | 45 |
| 2023 | #3,055 | 40 |
| 2022 | #2,793 | 46 |
| 2021 | #2,373 | 57 |
| 2020 | #2,347 | 57 |
| 2019 | #2,188 | 64 |
| 2018 | #2,893 | 41 |
| 2017 | #2,532 | 50 |
| 2016 | #2,167 | 63 |
| 2015 | #1,804 | 83 |
| 2014 | #1,884 | 77 |
| 2013 | #1,903 | 74 |
| 2012 | #1,832 | 80 |
| 2011 | #1,812 | 79 |
| 2010 | #1,687 | 91 |
| 2009 | #3,476 | 31 |
| 2008 | #3,005 | 39 |
| 2007 | #2,920 | 40 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Colston! It came in at #8,800, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Colston is popular in 2010
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#310 · 1 in 1,489
- Kansas#483 · 1 in 2,727
- Mississippi#517 · 1 in 2,765
- Indiana#856 · 1 in 7,230
- Ohio#1,168 · 1 in 12,106
Best ever in a state: #232 in Mississippi, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #310 | 16 | 1 in 1,489 |
| Kansas | #483 | 6 | 1 in 2,727 |
| Mississippi | #517 | 5 | 1 in 2,765 |
| Indiana | #856 | 5 | 1 in 7,230 |
| Ohio | #1,168 | 5 | 1 in 12,106 |
| Texas | #1,802 | 7 | 1 in 25,517 |
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See more about Colston
- 903 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #1,932)
- 415 spots since 2020 (#2,347 → #1,932)
- 128 spots since 2015 (#1,804 → #1,932)
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 2010 at #1,687 (91 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,084 boys born in 2010 were named Colston (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,351 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 56.3% of all boys named Colston (702) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41 | #5,656 (1999) | #7,763 |
| 2000s | 179 | #2,920 (2007) | #6,013 |
| 2010s | 702 | #1,687 (2010) | #2,070 |
| 2020s | 325 | #1,932 (2025) | #2,556 |
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.
Colston in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 21,084 of them was named Colston, which outranked 88.2% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,677Monte92
- #1,677Tavian92
- #1,677Zayvion92
- #1,687Colston91
- #1,687Bayron91
- #1,687Erwin91
- #1,687Gabe91
- #1,697Aries90
- #1,697Arnold90
- #1,697Devlin90
Tied with 9 names at #1,687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.