Kolsen — #1271 US boys' name
661 babies named Kolsen in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to boys today.
59% of everyone ever named Kolsen was born in this single decade.
155 babies were named Kolsen in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kolsen
The Social Security Administration has registered 661 babies named Kolsen between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kolsen currently holds the #1271 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 155 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kolsen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 393 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kolsen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Kolsen in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kolsen 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 661 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.
Kolsen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kolsen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2024)
- 155
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #1271 among boys.
661 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 155 births in a single year.
Kolsen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 393 births that decade — 59% of Kolsen's all-time total
Kolsen decade highlights
- Peak decade 393 births
- Runner-up 232 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kolsen's strongest decade
393 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Kolsen by state
Where Kolsen concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 40 | 6.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 15 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 14 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 12 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 8 | 1.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 8 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 7 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 7 | 1.1% |
40 of 661 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 6.1% of nationwide
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.1% of nationwide
- Indiana 1.8% of nationwide
- Alabama 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kolsen appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.