Colson — #353 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Colson

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,624 babies named Colson between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Colson currently holds the #353 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 1,058 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Colson performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 4,880 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Colson shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 634 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Colson in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Colson 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 8,624 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.