Colon
Last seen for girls in 1931 at #3,848 · Last seen for boys in 2000 at #10,349
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,318since 1885
Colon over time
Rank among boys' names. Colon has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2022 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
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| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
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| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,042 | 16 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,263 | 13 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,219 | 13 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,836 | 18 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,838 | 17 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,438 | 10 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,583 | 22 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,299 | 29 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,268 | 30 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,333 | 10 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,736 | 16 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,275 | 27 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,463 | 21 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,538 | 20 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,293 | 27 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,586 | 19 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,254 | 29 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #1,394 | 25 |
| 1930 | — | #1,428 | 26 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,564 | 22 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,448 | 26 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,565 | 23 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,012 | 16 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,532 | 25 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,385 | 28 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,333 | 30 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,412 | 28 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,273 | 32 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,752 | 19 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,373 | 27 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,322 | 27 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,374 | 25 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,241 | 28 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | — | #1,205 | 18 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
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| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Colon! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1904, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Colon is popular in 1886
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Colon
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest drop: 9 spots in 1886 (#836 → #845)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #836 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1885–1886
- Highest: 1 in 17,967 boys born in 1885 were named Colon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 392,800 boys born in 2000 (0.00%)
- 20.0% of all boys named Colon (263) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #836 (1885) | #841 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,070 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,091 (1905) | #1,148 |
| 1910s | 179 | #1,205 (1913) | #1,400 |
| 1920s | 263 | #1,267 (1927) | #1,479 |
| 1930s | 224 | #1,254 (1932) | #1,496 |
| 1940s | 215 | #1,255 (1944) | #1,599 |
| 1950s | 138 | #1,836 (1953) | #2,188 |
| 1960s | 102 | #2,042 (1960) | #2,727 |
| 1970s | 82 | #2,558 (1971) | #3,798 |
| 1980s | 48 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,485 |
| 1990s | 29 | #4,760 (1991) | #7,201 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,349 (2000) | #10,349 |
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.
Colon in 1886
Top boys' names in 1886
More about 1886
boys
110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 18,464 of them was named Colon, which outranked 23.9% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 113 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.