Colbert
Last seen for boys in 2012 at #10,770
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 839since 1886
Colbert over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Colbert has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five boys were named Colbert! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1901, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,443
- Highest: 1 in 20,443 boys born in 1902 were named Colbert (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,158 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #959 in 1886, was only 1 in 22,157 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 14.4% of all boys named Colbert (121) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,079 (1895) | #1,079 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,013 (1902) | #1,072 |
| 1910s | 82 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,359 |
| 1920s | 98 | #2,162 (1928) | #2,886 |
| 1930s | 121 | #1,643 (1931) | #2,258 |
| 1940s | 107 | #1,810 (1944) | #2,358 |
| 1950s | 115 | #1,887 (1954) | #2,420 |
| 1960s | 67 | #2,706 (1961) | #3,498 |
| 1970s | 67 | #2,739 (1970) | #4,003 |
| 1980s | 55 | #3,925 (1984) | #4,318 |
| 1990s | 66 | #4,114 (1992) | #7,228 |
| 2000s | 34 | #6,013 (2001) | #7,955 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,770 (2012) | #10,770 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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