Columba — girls' name

What the Data Says About Columba

The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Columba between 1919 and 2000, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Columba currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Columba performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Columba shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Columba in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Columba 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 43 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.