Colson Boy
How popular is Colson?
#310 boy name in 2025
1,099 baby boys were named Colson in the US in 2025, making it the 310th most popular boy name.
Colson popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #310 for boys (▲ 44 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,099 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+535% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,111 in 2015, #351 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,099 boys) |
| Highest rank | #310 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Colson counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Colson family of names ranked #183 for boys in 2025 (#200 the year before), with 2,105 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Colson | 1,099 | 52% |
| Kolson | 269 | 13% |
| Colsen | 523 | 25% |
| Kolsen | 150 | 7% |
| Kolsyn | 37 | 2% |
| Colsyn | 19 | 1% |
| Kohlson | 8 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Colson is most popular
Babies named Colson per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 3.4 per 1,000 (111 boys)
- Wyoming: 1.9 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Maine: 1.8 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Kentucky: 1.7 per 1,000 (170 boys)
- Indiana: 1.6 per 1,000 (264 boys)
Colson by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1980s | 29 | #4,265 |
| 1990s | 233 | #2,020 |
| 2000s | 951 | #1,306 |
| 2010s | 2,522 | #455 |
| 2020s | 5,984 | #310 |
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Questions
- Is Colson a boy or girl name?
- Colson is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Colson were boys.
- How popular is the name Colson?
- 1,099 baby boys were named Colson in the US in 2025, making it the 310th most popular boy name.
- When was Colson most popular?
- Colson peaked in 2025, when 1,099 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #310 in 2025.
- How many people are named Colson?
- 9,729 babies have been named Colson in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,666 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Colson most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Colson was most common in West Virginia, at 3.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
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.