Colson

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Colson is ranked 353rd among boys in 2024 (946 births). Its best rank was 317th, in 2022.

Rank in 2024: #353down 8 from 2023
Births in 2024: 9460.06% of boys
Peak year: 20221,058 births
Best rank: #317in 2022
Since 1924: 8,624people given the name

Babies named Colson, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

8,624 boys have been named Colson in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 1,058 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 57%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Colson
1920s	5
1930s	5
1980s	29
1990s	233
2000s	951
2010s	2,521
2020s	4,880

In 2022, its biggest year

Colson was the 317th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Colson

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Kolson1,812 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.