Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Colon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Colon” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Colon” 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 “Colon” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Colon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Colon” 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
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 -100%
1914 22 0.000015533 5 17 -55%
1915 28 0.00001528 28 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 27 0.000013455 27 -100%
1918 27 0.000012436 27 -100%
1919 19 0.000009004 19 -100%
1920 32 0.000014143 32 -100%
1921 28 0.000011994 28 -100%
1922 30 0.000013105 30 -100%
1923 28 0.000012161 28 -100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 -100%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 -100%
1926 23 0.000010018 23 -100%
1927 33 0.000014228 33 -100%
1928 26 0.0000115 26 -100%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 -100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 -100%
1931 31 0.000014731 6 25 -61%
1932 29 0.000013736 29 -100%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 -100%
1934 27 0.000013001 27 -100%
1935 20 0.00000957 20 -100%
1936 21 0.000010108 21 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 27 0.000012203 27 -100%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 -100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 30 0.000010982 30 -100%
1943 26 0.000009211 26 -100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 29 0.000009076 29 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 18 0.000005214 18 -100%
1949 22 0.000006313 22 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 -100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 -100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 16 0.00000387 16 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 16 0.000003852 16 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%

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