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Colston

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Colston is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 45 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
450.00% of boys
Peak year
201091 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1994
1,167people given the name
Babies named Colston, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,167 boys have been named Colston in the United States since 1994, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 91 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 60%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Colston
1990s41
2000s179
2010s702
2020s245

In 2010, its biggest year

Colston was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2010 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Jayden and William. See all of 2010.

Names that rose and fell with Colston

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.