Kolson Boy
How popular is Kolson?
#883 boy name in 2025
269 baby boys were named Kolson in the US in 2025, making it the 883rd most popular boy name.
Kolson popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #883 for boys (▼ 90 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 269 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+715% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,364 in 2015, #1,058 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (317 boys) |
| Highest rank | #793 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 2002 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kolson 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 Kolson is most popular
Babies named Kolson per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 0.9 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.7 per 1,000 (66 boys)
- Indiana: 0.5 per 1,000 (79 boys)
- Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.4 per 1,000 (24 boys)
Kolson by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kolson
Questions
- Is Kolson a boy or girl name?
- Kolson is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kolson were boys.
- How popular is the name Kolson?
- 269 baby boys were named Kolson in the US in 2025, making it the 883rd most popular boy name.
- When was Kolson most popular?
- Kolson peaked in 2024, when 317 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #793 in 2024.
- How many people are named Kolson?
- 2,084 babies have been named Kolson in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,076 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Kolson most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kolson was most common in West Virginia, at 0.9 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.