Columbia — #12133 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Columbia

The Social Security Administration has registered 647 babies named Columbia between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Columbia currently holds the #12133 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Columbia performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 218 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Columbia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 66 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Columbia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Columbia 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 647 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.