Coleson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL-son
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #843 for boys
Coleson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Col”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 843rd for boys in the US (292 babies).
What does Coleson mean?
English: spelling of the surname Colson
“son of Col”
Col was a medieval pet form of Nicholas, which comes from Greek words for 'victory' and 'people'.
Is Coleson a girl's or a boy's name?
Coleson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 292 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Coleson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Coleson, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Coleson of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were given Coleson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #836, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
- Colson 24
- Coleson 12
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Coleson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 2 | #6,291 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
How popular is Coleson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #843among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 292about 1 in 5,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 292 boys in the US were named Coleson, making it the 843rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,069th. It first appears in the records in 1993.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the most boys named Coleson of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Coleson in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,474 boys in the US were given Coleson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #164, up from #843 for this spelling alone.
Coleson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 292 | #843 |
| 2024 | 253 | #918 |
| 2023 | 252 | #916 |
| 2022 | 238 | #953 |
| 2021 | 229 | #973 |
| 2020 | 187 | #1,069 |
| 2019 | 173 | #1,127 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,443 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,567 |
| 2016 | 81 | #1,845 |
| 2015 | 87 | #1,753 |
| 2014 | 74 | #1,944 |
| 2013 | 80 | #1,793 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,208 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,058 |
| 2010 | 67 | #2,036 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Nicknames for Coleson
- Cole 371 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Coleson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Jaxon Grayson Rowan Mason Oakley Cooper Jenson Carter Marley Cillian Archer
Other spellings of Coleson
Colson Colsen Kolson Kolsen Koleson Kolsyn Colsyn Coulson Kohlson
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Coleson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/coleson, updated 20 October 2026.