Colon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Colon

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,318 babies named Colon between 1885 and 2000, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Colon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Colon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 263 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Colon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 403 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Colon in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Colon 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 1,318 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.