Boys' name · since 2001
Colsen
Colsen has 1,710 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #566 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,710
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,710 babies have been named Colsen since 2001, making it today's #566 boys' name.
Colsen has 1,710 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #566 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #3,641 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #566 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,710 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Colsen ranks #3,641 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #566 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,710 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #566 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,710
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Colsen's 1,710 recorded births place it above 91.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
How Colsen compares
1,710 Top 24% higher than 76% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Colsen's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Colsen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,710 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 523 | 34 | 22,252 |
Colsen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Colsen's full recorded timeline at 2013, 88% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 12% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 523 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Colsen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 523
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Colsen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,280 births, 75% of the file).
2020s was Colsen's strongest decade.
1,280 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Colsen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 128
2000s
128 births
- 2010s 302
2010s
302 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,280 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,280 births (75% of all-time use).
How Colsen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Colsen's total volume
Colsen by state
Where Colsen concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 81 | 4.7% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 74 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 73 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 60 | 3.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 57 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 53 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 52 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 45 | 2.6% |
81 of 1,710 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Colsen appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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- Ohio records the most Colsens (81 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2001–2025 (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 Colsen 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.