Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Colm” in the USA?

Number of people named “Colm” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Colm” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Colm” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Colm” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Colm” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Colm” by birth year

This chart shows how “Colm” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 -100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 22 0.00000582 22 -100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 -100%
2002 16 0.00000428 16 -100%
2003 26 0.000006838 26 -100%
2004 20 0.000005234 20 -100%
2005 19 0.000004942 19 -100%
2006 19 0.000004803 19 -100%
2007 28 0.000007004 28 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 -100%
2016 28 0.000007632 28 -100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 16 0.00000461 16 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 -100%
2021 13 0.000003837 13 -100%
2022 18 0.000005321 18 -100%
2023 19 0.000005738 19 -100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 -100%

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