Colum — boys' name

What the Data Says About Colum

The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Colum between 1972 and 2016, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Colum currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Colum performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Colum shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Colum 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 86 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.