Columbus

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239

Peak · boys
#192
1880 · 64 births
Debut · boys
1880
64 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,517
since 1880

Columbus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Columbus has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #192, 1880boys
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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023#12,2395
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019#9,7567
2018#10,7606
2017#12,2465
2016#9,6647
2015—
2014#8,1309
2013—
2012#10,7706
2011#8,0799
2010—
2009#12,4915
2008#12,5535
2007#8,9158
2006#9,5857
2005—
2004#5,81313
2003#9,5816
2002#8,4567
2001#9,2436
2000#5,58812
1999#6,04210
1998#9,6315
1997#4,66813
1996#9,0155
1995#5,9289
1994#5,8689
1993#4,44713
1992#4,11414
1991#4,47612
1990#4,16713
1989#3,44616
1988#4,45010
1987#3,73112
1986#3,44013
1985#3,59912
1984#3,10714
1983#2,67617
1982#2,26922
1981#2,56918
1980#2,11025
1979#2,77716
1978#1,79429
1977#2,13122
1976#1,93225
1975#2,45017
1974#2,12920
1973#1,58630
1972#1,60329
1971#1,49433
1970#1,65827
1969#1,52628
1968#1,42830
1967#1,34032
1966#1,45028
1965#1,23338
1964#1,40831
1963#1,37532
1962#1,42330
1961#1,01359
1960#1,07252
1959#1,02656
1958#99459
1957#97161
1956#95461
1955#87471
1954#85173
1953#89564
1952#82173
1951#81375
1950#74186
1949#75483
1948#74482
1947#72390
1946#77773
1945#70973
1944#62696
1943#65595
1942#67392
1941#60398
1940#65984
1939#60592
1938#59099
1937#556109
1936#61490
1935#59894
1934#568108
1933#563104
1932#574107
1931#554112
1930#558116
1929#516129
1928#500145
1927#518139
1926#494148
1925#490154
1924#508151
1923#457178
1922#446187
1921#502151
1920#502144
1919#464163
1918#483152
1917#477145
1916#491134
1915#475135
1914#459110
1913#423103
1912#49165
1911#38953
1910#42141
1909#32550
1908#31648
1907#35139
1906#35035
1905#32937
1904#32837
1903#34631
1902#27447
1901#34728
1900#31245
1899#27440
1898#26844
1897#31634
1896#30138
1895#27442
1894#27541
1893#26643
1892#26147
1891#25739
1890#25943
1889#26340
1888#22660
1887#25040
1886#22656
1885#25841
1884#24050
1883#22149
1882#20562
1881#21551
1880#19264
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 73 spots in 1902 (#347 → #274)
  • Biggest drop: 102 spots in 1912 (#389 → #491)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #192 (64 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1958
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,726
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.3% of all boys named Columbus (1,526) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s513#192 (1880)#230
1890s411#257 (1891)#275
1900s397#274 (1902)#328
1910s1,101#389 (1911)#457
1920s1,526#446 (1922)#493
1930s1,031#554 (1931)#578
1940s866#603 (1941)#692
1950s679#741 (1950)#894
1960s360#1,013 (1961)#1,327
1970s248#1,494 (1971)#1,955
1980s159#2,110 (1980)#3,140
1990s103#4,114 (1992)#5,836
2000s69#5,588 (2000)#9,136
2010s49#8,079 (2011)#9,915
2020s5#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 1955

boys
#874
71 births · 1 in 29,013 boys

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #874Columbus71
More about 1955

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 29,013 of them was named Columbus, which outranked 80.1% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Columbus
  1. #867Lynwood72
  2. #867Regis72
  3. #867Sherwood72
  4. #874Columbus71
  5. #874Carleton71
  6. #874Darcy71
  7. #874Demetrius71
  8. #885Chauncey70
  9. #885Coleman70
  10. #885Darold70

Tied with 10 names at #874; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →