Colvin
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,040since 1899
Colvin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Colvin has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #4,251 | 23 |
| 2011 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #3,893 | 26 |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1899
The first year at least five boys were named Colvin! It came in at #928, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Colvin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Colvin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Colvin
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,454 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1899 at #928 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1900, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,702
- Highest: 1 in 17,702 boys born in 1899 were named Colvin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 16.7% of all boys named Colvin (174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #928 (1899) | #928 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 68 | #2,398 (1918) | #2,602 |
| 1920s | 128 | #1,941 (1923) | #2,364 |
| 1930s | 73 | #2,191 (1932) | #2,771 |
| 1940s | 65 | #2,131 (1945) | #2,813 |
| 1950s | 91 | #2,091 (1956) | #2,651 |
| 1960s | 47 | #3,249 (1966) | #3,727 |
| 1970s | 24 | #3,963 (1971) | #4,855 |
| 1980s | 56 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,445 |
| 1990s | 89 | #4,762 (1999) | #5,621 |
| 2000s | 162 | #3,893 (2007) | #5,108 |
| 2010s | 174 | #4,251 (2012) | #5,308 |
| 2020s | 57 | #5,338 (2021) | #8,539 |
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.
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