Boys' name · since 1998
Colbin
Colbin has 94 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,809 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 94
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
94 boys have been named Colbin since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Colbin has 94 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2020.
- #17,809 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 94 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Colbin ranks #17,809 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 94 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,809 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 94
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Colbin's 94 recorded births place it above 60.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Colbin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Colbin's full recorded timeline at 2007, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Colbin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2020
- Peak year (2005)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Colbin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (54 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Colbin's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Colbin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 54 births (57% of all-time use).
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What to do with Colbin's data
- Colbin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Colbin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Colbin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.