Kohlson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Kohlson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Col (Nicholas)”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Kohlson mean?
English: respelling of Colson, an English surname
“son of Col (Nicholas)”
Is Kohlson a girl's or a boy's name?
Kohlson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kohlson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Kohlson, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
2025 had fewer boys named Kohlson than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kohlson in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,474 boys in the US were given Kohlson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #164, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Kohlson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
Nicknames for Kohlson
Names like Kohlson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chozen, Kairo, Kaizen, Kashton, Tru, Kingston, Dutton, Kenzo, Brixton, Kyaire, Sevyn, Kayson
Other spellings of Kohlson
Colson, Colsen, Coleson, Kolson, Kolsen, Koleson, Kolsyn, Colsyn, Coulson
Names related to Kohlson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kohlson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kohlson, updated 20 October 2026.