Unisex name · since 1987
Kolya
Kolya has 14 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 14
- total births
- 1987–2002
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
14 boys have been named Kolya since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kolya has 14 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2002.
- 14 total births
- 1987–2002 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 64% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kolya's 14 recorded births place it above 30% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kolya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kolya's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 36% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 64%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kolya popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2002
- Peak year (1987)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Kolya popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1999 (Kolya as girls' name)
Kolya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kolya's strongest decade.
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Kolya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 9 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Kolya's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (9 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1987–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kolya: Baby Name Since 1987 - 14 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kolya. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kolya 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 July 2026.