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.

Colum

#16,435 most common boys' name of all time · #42,916 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2016

Rank among boys
#16,435
Rank overall
#42,916 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
86
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1999 #6,729
Best rank
#5,615 1972
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19802000

Colum first appears in 1972. 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
2016 — 6 6 #11,057
2013 — 6 6 #11,031
2012 — 6 6 #11,125
2010 — 8 8 #9,061
2004 — 7 7 #9,246
2003 — 8 8 #8,108
2002 — 5 5 #11,121
2000 — 6 6 #9,498
1999 — 9 9 #6,729
1998 — 5 5 #10,113
1996 — 8 8 #6,749
1994 — 7 7 #7,302
1972 — 5 5 #5,615