Kolson
- #883 for boys in 2025, 269 births
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 317 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,084since 2002
Kolson over time
Rank among boys' names. Kolson has never cracked the top 700 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 | #883 | 269 |
| 2024 | #793 | 317 |
| 2023 | #937 | 241 |
| 2022 | #885 | 267 |
| 2021 | #1,092 | 192 |
| 2020 | #1,058 | 189 |
| 2019 | #1,202 | 159 |
| 2018 | #1,959 | 75 |
| 2017 | #2,154 | 63 |
| 2016 | #3,161 | 36 |
| 2015 | #3,365 | 33 |
| 2014 | #3,532 | 30 |
| 2013 | #3,265 | 33 |
| 2012 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #3,235 | 34 |
| 2010 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kolson! It came in at #5,725, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2002–2006, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
Where Kolson is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#305 · 1 in 1,208
- West Virginia#330 · 1 in 1,232
- Indiana#412 · 1 in 1,863
- Mississippi#415 · 1 in 1,548
- Ohio#470 · 1 in 2,388
Best ever in a state: #153 in North Dakota, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #305 | 17 | 1 in 1,208 |
| West Virginia | #330 | 5 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Indiana | #412 | 17 | 1 in 1,863 |
| Mississippi | #415 | 7 | 1 in 1,548 |
| Ohio | #470 | 22 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Pennsylvania | #477 | 21 | 1 in 2,489 |
| Oklahoma | #552 | 7 | 1 in 2,526 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Alabama | #573 | 8 | 1 in 2,690 |
| Minnesota | #586 | 8 | 1 in 3,062 |
| Missouri | #597 | 9 | 1 in 3,090 |
| Michigan | #715 | 10 | 1 in 4,019 |
| Tennessee | #719 | 9 | 1 in 4,085 |
| Wisconsin | #785 | 5 | 1 in 4,686 |
| Washington | #801 | 7 | 1 in 4,685 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| Illinois | #1,023 | 7 | 1 in 7,079 |
| Georgia | #1,096 | 7 | 1 in 7,174 |
| Texas | #1,169 | 18 | 1 in 9,725 |
| Florida | #1,256 | 9 | 1 in 10,615 |
| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
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See more about Kolson
- 90 spots since 2024 (#793 → #883)
- 175 spots since 2020 (#1,058 → #883)
- Biggest jump: 207 spots in 2022
- Biggest drop: 90 spots in 2025
- Debuted 2002
- Peaked 2024 at #793 (317 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2022–2025
- Highest: 1 in 5,435 boys born in 2024 were named Kolson (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,350 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 70.8% of all boys named Kolson (1,475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95 | #5,334 (2009) | #6,562 |
| 2010s | 514 | #1,202 (2019) | #2,976 |
| 2020s | 1,475 | #793 (2024) | #941 |
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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