Colon Boy

How popular is Colon?

Peaked in 1927

No babies were recorded with the name Colon in 2025. It was most used in 1927, when 33 boys got the name.

Compare with other names
476living people named Colon (est.)
67median age of people named Colon
1,329babies named Colon since 1880

Colon popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025Not ranked
Babies in 20250 boys
10-year trendNot used lately
Peak year1927 (33 boys)
Highest rank#835 in 1885
First recorded1885

Colon counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Colin family of names ranked #234 for boys in 2025 (#229 the year before), with 1,628 babies in all.

SpellingBoys in 2025Share
Colin 950 58%
Collin 613 38%
Kollin 38 2%
Kolin 18 1%
Collyn 9 1%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Colon by decade

DecadeBaby boysBest rank
1880s12#835
1890s10#1,065
1900s11#1,090
1910s179#1,205
1920s263#1,267
1930s224#1,254
1940s215#1,255
1950s138#1,835
1960s102#2,041
1970s82#2,557
1980s48#4,133
1990s29#4,752
2000s5#10,342

Questions

Is Colon a boy or girl name?
Colon has mostly been a boy name. It hasn't been given to enough babies in the last 10 years to measure a recent split.
How popular is the name Colon?
No babies were recorded with the name Colon in 2025. It was most used in 1927, when 33 boys got the name.
When was Colon most popular?
Colon peaked in 1927, when 33 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #835 in 1885.
How many people are named Colon?
1,329 babies have been named Colon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 476 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 67.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.