Kolson — #800 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kolson

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,812 babies named Kolson between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kolson currently holds the #800 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 314 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kolson performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kolson shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 138 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Kolson in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kolson 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 1,812 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.