How rare is the name Colson?

3,752 people in the United States have the first name Colson, about 1 in 80,499. It ranks #4,810 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

COLSON

#4,810

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,752
About
1 in 80,499
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,752 people named Colson, 86.7% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as two or more races and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Colson peaked in 2025, when 1,099 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19242025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,099
In 2025*
1,099
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,729 babies have been given the name since 1924. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Colson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #663. The largest share of babies named Colson, 82.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#13,8275
1930s#11,9535
1980s#18,23229
1990s#7,273233
2000s#3,454951
2010s#1,8822,522
2020s#6635,984
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Millennials 1981–961.4%
Generation Z 1997–1215.9%
2013 and later82.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Colson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Colson has been most common in Indiana (2.3×), West Virginia (2.2×), and Kentucky (2.1×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.31×).

8,309 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Colson

1 other first name also has 3,752 people.

#4,810 Juanpablo · 3,752

Either side of Colson

#4,808 Cayson · 3,756#4,809 Blane · 3,754#4,810 Juanpablo · 3,752#4,812 Juvenal · 3,751

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Colson, most common first.

#10,360 Coleson · 1,293#23,227 Colsen · 423#26,105 Coulson · 359

Also a last name

As a last name, Colson ranks #3,689 of 156,621, with 9,365 people. See Colson as a last name

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