Colson
Boy · KOHL-son · English
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Colson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Col”. In 2025 it ranked 1,257th for boys in the UK (24 babies) and 310th for boys in the US (1,099 babies).
What does Colson mean?
English: English surname, 'son of Col'
“son of Col”
From a surname built on Col, a medieval pet form of Nicholas.
- Say it
- KOHL-son
Is Colson a girl's or a boy's name?
Colson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the UK and 1,099 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Colson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,257among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were named Colson, making it the 1,257th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 31 boys.
Half of all the boys named Colson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were given Colson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #836, up from #1,257 for this spelling alone.
- Colson 24
- Coleson 12
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Colson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,257 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,048 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
How popular is Colson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #310among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,099about 1 in 1,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,099 boys in the US were named Colson, making it the 310th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 351st. It first appears in the records in 1924.
2025 had the most boys named Colson of any year since it first appeared, in 1924.
Half of all the boys named Colson in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,474 boys in the US were given Colson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #164, up from #310 for this spelling alone.
Colson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,099 | #310 |
| 2024 | 949 | #354 |
| 2023 | 950 | #345 |
| 2022 | 1,059 | #317 |
| 2021 | 1,025 | #323 |
| 2020 | 902 | #351 |
| 2019 | 657 | #455 |
| 2018 | 409 | #639 |
| 2017 | 323 | #736 |
| 2016 | 188 | #1,049 |
| 2015 | 173 | #1,111 |
| 2014 | 145 | #1,245 |
| 2013 | 153 | #1,174 |
| 2012 | 145 | #1,222 |
| 2011 | 178 | #1,056 |
| 2010 | 151 | #1,190 |
| 2009 | 122 | #1,390 |
| 2008 | 131 | #1,325 |
| 2007 | 132 | #1,306 |
| 2006 | 95 | #1,551 |
| 2005 | 88 | #1,571 |
| 2004 | 97 | #1,438 |
| 2003 | 76 | #1,643 |
| 2002 | 61 | #1,847 |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,341 |
| 2000 | 53 | #1,940 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,020 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
Nicknames for Colson
- Cole 371 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Colson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Jaxon Grayson Mason Cooper Carter Jenson Rowan Oakley Marley Colton Archer
Other spellings of Colson
Coleson Colsen Kolson Kolsen Koleson Kolsyn Colsyn Coulson Kohlson
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