Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Colm

#6,173 most common boys' name of all time · #15,386 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among boys
#6,173
Rank overall
#15,386 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
662
Since 2016
153
Peak year
2007 #3,728
Best rank
#2,976 1965
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
198020002020

Colm first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 12 12 #6,883
2024 — 14 14 #6,264
2023 — 19 19 #5,121
2022 — 18 18 #5,265
2021 — 13 13 #6,423
2020 — 8 8 #8,894
2019 — 16 16 #5,629
2018 — 11 11 #7,260
2017 — 14 14 #6,134
2016 — 28 28 #3,812
2015 — 13 13 #6,395
2014 — 10 10 #7,711
2013 — 15 15 #5,724
2012 — 13 13 #6,386
2011 — 10 10 #7,635
2010 — 15 15 #5,834
2009 — 10 10 #7,840
2008 — 11 11 #7,303
2007 — 28 28 #3,728
2006 — 19 19 #4,727
2005 — 19 19 #4,517
2004 — 20 20 #4,310
2003 — 26 26 #3,468
2002 — 16 16 #4,765
2001 — 18 18 #4,361
2000 — 22 22 #3,684
1999 — 14 14 #4,862
1998 — 17 17 #4,089
1997 — 16 16 #4,123
1996 — 13 13 #4,702
1995 — 13 13 #4,620
1994 — 14 14 #4,392
1993 — 6 6 #7,972
1992 — 9 9 #5,825
1991 — 8 8 #6,135
1990 — 9 9 #5,551
1989 — 11 11 #4,650
1987 — 7 7 #5,736
1986 — 5 5 #7,157
1985 — 5 5 #6,969
1983 — 9 9 #4,358
1982 — 7 7 #5,300
1978 — 5 5 #6,231
1976 — 5 5 #6,024
1975 — 7 7 #4,611
1974 — 8 8 #4,074
1973 — 8 8 #3,940
1972 — 5 5 #5,442
1971 — 5 5 #5,393
1970 — 6 6 #4,576
1969 — 7 7 #3,877
1968 — 5 5 #4,620
1967 — 6 6 #3,911
1965 — 9 9 #2,976
1962 — 5 5 #4,580