Boys' name · since 2020
Colstyn
Since 2020, U.S. Social Security records show 39 babies named Colstyn, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,834 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,387 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Colstyn is the #5387 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 39 recorded since 2020.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Colstyn has been recorded 39 times among boys since 2020, currently ranked #5387 nationally and more common than 61% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- #23,834 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,387 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 39 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Colstyn ranks #23,834 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,387 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 39 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,834 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,387 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Colstyn's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Colstyn compares
39 14th percentile among 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
Colstyn's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Colstyn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 39 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Colstyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Colstyn's full recorded timeline at 2024, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Colstyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Colstyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (39 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Colstyn's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Colstyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 39 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Colstyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~5 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, 2020–2025 (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 Colstyn 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.