Colman — #7758 US boys' name
1,037 babies named Colman in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 46% of names given to boys today.
17% of everyone ever named Colman was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Colman in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Colman
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,037 babies named Colman between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Colman currently holds the #7758 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Colman performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Colman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Colman in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Colman 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 1,037 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.
Colman at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Colman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1909
- Peak year (2002)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 116 years of records
Currently ranks #7758 among boys.
1,037 total births across 116 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 27 births in a single year.
Colman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 181 births that decade — 17% of Colman's all-time total
Colman decade highlights
- Peak decade 181 births
- Runner-up 143 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Colman's strongest decade
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Colman by state
Where Colman concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.5% |
5 of 1,037 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 0.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1909–2024 (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.