Boys' name · since 2002
Colgan
Colgan has 15 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,255 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
15 boys have been named Colgan since 2002, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Colgan has 15 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2016.
- #31,255 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Colgan ranks #31,255 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,255 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Colgan's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Colgan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Colgan splits its recorded history at 2010: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births).
Colgan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2016
- Peak year (2002)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Colgan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Colgan's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Colgan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Colgan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~14 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, 2002–2016 (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 Colgan 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.