Colon
#4,031 most common boys' name of all time · #9,870 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1885–2000
Rank among boys
#4,031
Rank overall
#9,870 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
1,329
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #1,280
Best rank
#917 1885
Girls
Boys
peak 33/yr
Colon first appears in 1885. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,402 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,063 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,849 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,263 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,789 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,974 |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,899 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,739 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,373 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,555 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,058 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,173 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,887 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,201 |
| 1977 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,415 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,058 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,853 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,232 |
| 1973 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,745 |
| 1971 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,579 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,564 |
| 1969 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,582 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,940 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,280 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,294 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1964 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,441 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,895 |
| 1962 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,547 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1960 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,061 |
| 1959 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,322 |
| 1958 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,050 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,863 |
| 1956 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,291 |
| 1955 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,236 |
| 1954 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,235 |
| 1953 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,854 |
| 1952 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1951 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,863 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 1949 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,589 |
| 1948 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,777 |
| 1947 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,866 |
| 1946 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,310 |
| 1945 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,553 |
| 1944 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,269 |
| 1943 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,384 |
| 1942 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,287 |
| 1941 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,379 |
| 1940 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 1939 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 1938 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1937 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,230 |
| 1936 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,480 |
| 1935 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,558 |
| 1934 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,308 |
| 1933 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,613 |
| 1932 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,271 |
| 1931 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #1,408 |
| 1930 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,444 |
| 1929 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,583 |
| 1928 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,463 |
| 1927 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,280 |
| 1926 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,578 |
| 1925 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1924 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,551 |
| 1923 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,399 |
| 1922 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,345 |
| 1921 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,431 |
| 1920 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,284 |
| 1919 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,772 |
| 1918 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,387 |
| 1917 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,342 |
| 1916 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 1915 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,253 |
| 1914 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #1,513 |
| 1913 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,232 |
| 1912 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,466 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,497 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,189 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,316 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,185 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,198 |
| 1886 | — | 6 | 6 | #937 |
| 1885 | — | 6 | 6 | #917 |