Colm
Boy · Irish
Colm is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Colm mean?
Irish
“dove”
A male given name from Irish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Colm a girl's or a boy's name?
Colm is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Colm in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 60 boys.
Half of all the boys named Colm in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Colm in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,172 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 25 | #972 |
| 2004 | 23 | #983 |
| 2003 | 41 | #611 |
| 2002 | 27 | #770 |
| 2001 | 33 | #629 |
| 2000 | 43 | #517 |
| 1999 | 46 | #503 |
| 1998 | 34 | #596 |
| 1997 | 60 | #415 |
| 1996 | 24 | #697 |
How popular is Colm in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Colm, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had fewer boys named Colm than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Colm in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Colm in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
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