Colbin — boys' name
94 babies named Colbin in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Colbin was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Colbin in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Colbin
The Social Security Administration has registered 94 babies named Colbin between 1998 and 2020, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Colbin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Colbin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Colbin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Colbin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 94 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Colbin at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Colbin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1998
- Peak year (2005)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
94 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 11 births in a single year.
Colbin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 54 births that decade — 57% of Colbin's all-time total
Colbin decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Colbin's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.