Columbia

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 1926 at #4,201
Given to girls 99.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 6 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
647
since 1882

Columbia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Columbia has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #813, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#12,1617
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015#10,14810
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010#14,9596
2009
2008
2007
2006
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2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998#14,1225
1997#12,0706
1996
1995
1994#13,4305
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1982
1981
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1941
1940#4,3495
1939#4,2505
1938#3,4507
1937
1936#3,1038
1935#4,2045
1934#3,4497
1933#3,1098
1932#3,5687
1931#2,75010
1930#3,6587
1929#2,73711
1928#3,1649
1927#2,16917
1926#2,25716#4,2015
1925#2,37815
1924#2,06219
1923#1,59827
1922#1,43032
1921#1,98820
1920#1,75123
1919#1,56526
1918#1,41130
1917#1,28132
1916#1,24633
1915#1,40526
1914#1,38521
1913#1,17622
1912#1,9819
1911#1,9567
1910#1,33512
1909#1,7637
1908#1,8626
1907#1,20611
1906#1,22910
1905#1,4208
1904#1,2519
1903#1,07611
1902#1,3208
1901#1,2278
1900
1899#1,2787
1898#1,04711
1897
1896#1,4166
1895#1,5925
1894#1,0619
1893#95510
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882#8136
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Columbia! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1892, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Columbia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1894 (#955#1,061)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #813 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1882–1893
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,975
  • Highest: 1 in 17,975 girls born in 1882 were named Columbia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 33.7% of all girls named Columbia (218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#813 (1882)#813
1890s48#955 (1893)#1,225
1900s78#1,076 (1903)#1,373
1910s218#1,176 (1913)#1,474
1920s189#1,430 (1922)#2,153
1930s64#2,750 (1931)#3,505
1940s5#4,349 (1940)#4,349
1950s0
1960s0
1970s0
1980s0
1990s16#12,070 (1997)#13,207
2000s0
2010s16#10,148 (2015)#12,554
2020s7#12,161 (2024)#12,161

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Columbia in 1893

girls
#955
10 births · 1 in 21,291 girls

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #955Columbia10
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 21,291 of them was named Columbia, which outranked 42.2% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Columbia
  1. #901Tempie11
  2. #901Vella11
  3. #901Virdie11
  4. #955Columbia10
  5. #955Abby10
  6. #955Allena10
  7. #955Ana10
  8. #1,023Adline9
  9. #1,023Adrienne9
  10. #1,023Aggie9

Tied with 67 names at #955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 737Annabell#1,450#713
  2. 656Helma#1,450#794
  3. 634Claribel#1,278#644
  4. 624Jemima#1,450#826
  5. 616Buena#1,278#662
Fallers
  1. 641Ernest#796#1,437
  2. 576Orah#861#1,437
  3. 576Willia#861#1,437
  4. 551Jennette#726#1,277
  5. 515Velva#762#1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893