Columbus
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 64 births
- Debut · boys
- 64 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,517since 1880
Columbus over time
Rank among boys' names. Columbus has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #2,110 | 25 |
| 1979 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #1,794 | 29 |
| 1977 | #2,131 | 22 |
| 1976 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #1,586 | 30 |
| 1972 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #1,494 | 33 |
| 1970 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #1,428 | 30 |
| 1967 | #1,340 | 32 |
| 1966 | #1,450 | 28 |
| 1965 | #1,233 | 38 |
| 1964 | #1,408 | 31 |
| 1963 | #1,375 | 32 |
| 1962 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1961 | #1,013 | 59 |
| 1960 | #1,072 | 52 |
| 1959 | #1,026 | 56 |
| 1958 | #994 | 59 |
| 1957 | #971 | 61 |
| 1956 | #954 | 61 |
| 1955 | #874 | 71 |
| 1954 | #851 | 73 |
| 1953 | #895 | 64 |
| 1952 | #821 | 73 |
| 1951 | #813 | 75 |
| 1950 | #741 | 86 |
| 1949 | #754 | 83 |
| 1948 | #744 | 82 |
| 1947 | #723 | 90 |
| 1946 | #777 | 73 |
| 1945 | #709 | 73 |
| 1944 | #626 | 96 |
| 1943 | #655 | 95 |
| 1942 | #673 | 92 |
| 1941 | #603 | 98 |
| 1940 | #659 | 84 |
| 1939 | #605 | 92 |
| 1938 | #590 | 99 |
| 1937 | #556 | 109 |
| 1936 | #614 | 90 |
| 1935 | #598 | 94 |
| 1934 | #568 | 108 |
| 1933 | #563 | 104 |
| 1932 | #574 | 107 |
| 1931 | #554 | 112 |
| 1930 | #558 | 116 |
| 1929 | #516 | 129 |
| 1928 | #500 | 145 |
| 1927 | #518 | 139 |
| 1926 | #494 | 148 |
| 1925 | #490 | 154 |
| 1924 | #508 | 151 |
| 1923 | #457 | 178 |
| 1922 | #446 | 187 |
| 1921 | #502 | 151 |
| 1920 | #502 | 144 |
| 1919 | #464 | 163 |
| 1918 | #483 | 152 |
| 1917 | #477 | 145 |
| 1916 | #491 | 134 |
| 1915 | #475 | 135 |
| 1914 | #459 | 110 |
| 1913 | #423 | 103 |
| 1912 | #491 | 65 |
| 1911 | #389 | 53 |
| 1910 | #421 | 41 |
| 1909 | #325 | 50 |
| 1908 | #316 | 48 |
| 1907 | #351 | 39 |
| 1906 | #350 | 35 |
| 1905 | #329 | 37 |
| 1904 | #328 | 37 |
| 1903 | #346 | 31 |
| 1902 | #274 | 47 |
| 1901 | #347 | 28 |
| 1900 | #312 | 45 |
| 1899 | #274 | 40 |
| 1898 | #268 | 44 |
| 1897 | #316 | 34 |
| 1896 | #301 | 38 |
| 1895 | #274 | 42 |
| 1894 | #275 | 41 |
| 1893 | #266 | 43 |
| 1892 | #261 | 47 |
| 1891 | #257 | 39 |
| 1890 | #259 | 43 |
| 1889 | #263 | 40 |
| 1888 | #226 | 60 |
| 1887 | #250 | 40 |
| 1886 | #226 | 56 |
| 1885 | #258 | 41 |
| 1884 | #240 | 50 |
| 1883 | #221 | 49 |
| 1882 | #205 | 62 |
| 1881 | #215 | 51 |
| 1880 | #192 | 64 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Columbus was already there! It came in at #192, and was given to 64 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2005, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Columbus
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 73 spots in 1902 (#347 → #274)
- Biggest drop: 102 spots in 1912 (#389 → #491)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #192 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1958
- Highest: 1 in 1,726 boys born in 1880 were named Columbus (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 20.3% of all boys named Columbus (1,526) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 513 | #192 (1880) | #230 |
| 1890s | 411 | #257 (1891) | #275 |
| 1900s | 397 | #274 (1902) | #328 |
| 1910s | 1,101 | #389 (1911) | #457 |
| 1920s | 1,526 | #446 (1922) | #493 |
| 1930s | 1,031 | #554 (1931) | #578 |
| 1940s | 866 | #603 (1941) | #692 |
| 1950s | 679 | #741 (1950) | #894 |
| 1960s | 360 | #1,013 (1961) | #1,327 |
| 1970s | 248 | #1,494 (1971) | #1,955 |
| 1980s | 159 | #2,110 (1980) | #3,140 |
| 1990s | 103 | #4,114 (1992) | #5,836 |
| 2000s | 69 | #5,588 (2000) | #9,136 |
| 2010s | 49 | #8,079 (2011) | #9,915 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,239 (2023) | #12,239 |
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.
Columbus in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 7,391 of them was named Columbus, which outranked 89.9% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #499Lemuel146
- #499Shelby146
- #499Theron146
- #502Columbus144
- #502Augustine144
- #502Gustave144
- #502Oren144
- #507Carlo143
- #507Christian143
- #507Dalton143
Tied with 4 names at #502; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.