Boys' name · since 2001

Colyer

19 babies named Colyer in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#29,314 of 45,481
all-time among boys
19
born since 2001
2000s
peak decade

Colyer is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 19 have been recorded since 2001.

Colyer has 19 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2006.

  • #29,314 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 19 born since 2001
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Colyer ranks #29,314 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.

#29,314 of 45,481
all-time among boys
19
born since 2001
2000s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Colyer's 19 recorded births place it above 35.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Colyer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Colyer's full recorded timeline at 2004, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Colyer popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2006

Last recorded 2006
Peak year (2004)
7
Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 200120042006 7

Colyer by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 100% of the file).

2000s was Colyer's strongest decade.

19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Colyer births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Colyer? ▼
Colyer has been given to 19 babies in the U.S. since 2001, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #29,314 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2006. 7 babies were born in 2004, its single highest year.
Where does Colyer sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Colyer ranks #29,314 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Colyer most popular? ▼
Colyer was most popular in the 2000s decade with 19 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Colyer been used? ▼
Colyer has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 6 years of data through 2006.
What names are similar to Colyer? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cole, Colton, Colin, Collin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Keep exploring Colyer

Nearby Names Like Colyer

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Colyer

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#182 154,093 births
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#103 151,965 births
Colin Boy
#343 133,706 births
Collin Boy
#493 81,437 births
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#615 53,971 births

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Two nationwide peer axes for Colyer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2001–2006 (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 Colyer 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.