Colyn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Colyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 700 babies named Colyn between 1945 and 2021, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Colyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Colyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 341 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Colyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Colyn in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Colyn 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 700 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.