Colon
Colon is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 854th, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192733 births
- Best rank
- #854in 1885
- Since 1885
- 1,318people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,318 boys have been named Colon in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 33 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 33 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Colon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | |
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 179 | |
| 1920s | 263 | |
| 1930s | 224 | |
| 1940s | 215 | |
| 1950s | 138 | |
| 1960s | 102 | |
| 1970s | 82 | |
| 1980s | 48 | |
| 1990s | 29 | |
| 2000s | 5 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Colon was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1927 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Colon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Thurmanpeak 1920
- Ancilpeak 1920
- Bernardpeak 1924
- Gilfordpeak 1922
- Radfordpeak 1935
- Gordenpeak 1922
- Vernonpeak 1920
- Larencepeak 1927
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.