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01 / Meaning & origin
Colon is recorded in SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution) (1880–2025), given to boys and girls; no dictionary entry is in our sources yet.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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1 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States, 2000: 5 boys (rank 10349).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Colon
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | 6 | 836 | observed |
| 1886 | 6 | 845 | observed |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | 5 | 1,066 | observed |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | 5 | 1,074 | observed |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | 5 | 1,205 | observed |
| 1905 | 6 | 1,091 | observed |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | 6 | 1,421 | observed |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | 12 | 1,417 | observed |
| 1913 | 18 | 1,205 | observed |
| 1914 | 17 | 1,492 | observed |
| 1915 | 28 | 1,241 | observed |
| 1916 | 25 | 1,374 | observed |
| 1917 | 27 | 1,322 | observed |
| 1918 | 27 | 1,373 | observed |
| 1919 | 19 | 1,752 | observed |
| 1920 | 32 | 1,273 | observed |
| 1921 | 28 | 1,412 | observed |
| 1922 | 30 | 1,333 | observed |
| 1923 | 28 | 1,385 | observed |
| 1924 | 25 | 1,532 | observed |
| 1925 | 16 | 2,012 | observed |
| 1926 | 23 | 1,565 | observed |
| 1927 | 33 | 1,267 | observed |
| 1928 | 26 | 1,448 | observed |
| 1929 | 22 | 1,564 | observed |
| 1930 | 26 | 1,428 | observed |
| 1931 | 25 | 1,394 | observed |
| 1932 | 29 | 1,254 | observed |
| 1933 | 19 | 1,586 | observed |
| 1934 | 27 | 1,293 | observed |
| 1935 | 20 | 1,538 | observed |
| 1936 | 21 | 1,463 | observed |
| 1937 | 11 | 2,197 | observed |
| 1938 | 27 | 1,275 | observed |
| 1939 | 19 | 1,532 | observed |
| 1940 | 16 | 1,736 | observed |
| 1941 | 10 | 2,333 | observed |
| 1942 | 30 | 1,268 | observed |
| 1943 | 26 | 1,368 | observed |
| 1944 | 28 | 1,255 | observed |
| 1945 | 19 | 1,536 | observed |
| 1946 | 29 | 1,299 | observed |
| 1947 | 17 | 1,850 | observed |
| 1948 | 18 | 1,758 | observed |
| 1949 | 22 | 1,583 | observed |
| 1950 | 10 | 2,438 | observed |
| 1951 | 17 | 1,838 | observed |
| 1952 | 16 | 1,939 | observed |
| 1953 | 18 | 1,836 | observed |
| 1954 | 13 | 2,207 | observed |
| 1955 | 13 | 2,219 | observed |
| 1956 | 13 | 2,263 | observed |
| 1957 | 9 | 2,822 | observed |
| 1958 | 16 | 2,026 | observed |
| 1959 | 13 | 2,295 | observed |
| 1960 | 16 | 2,042 | observed |
| 1961 | 11 | 2,538 | observed |
| 1962 | 11 | 2,504 | observed |
| 1963 | 9 | 2,858 | observed |
| 1964 | 12 | 2,409 | observed |
| 1965 | 8 | 2,982 | observed |
| 1966 | 7 | 3,249 | observed |
| 1967 | 7 | 3,231 | observed |
| 1968 | 9 | 2,907 | observed |
| 1969 | 12 | 2,549 | observed |
| 1970 | 8 | 3,521 | observed |
| 1971 | 14 | 2,558 | observed |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | 13 | 2,716 | observed |
| 1974 | 7 | 4,190 | observed |
| 1975 | 6 | 4,797 | observed |
| 1976 | 8 | 4,012 | observed |
| 1977 | 11 | 3,386 | observed |
| 1978 | 8 | 4,157 | observed |
| 1979 | 7 | 4,842 | observed |
| 1980 | 9 | 4,134 | observed |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,003 | observed |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,484 | observed |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,315 | observed |
| 1985 | 8 | 4,698 | observed |
| 1986 | 8 | 4,853 | observed |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | 5 | 7,905 | observed |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | 11 | 4,760 | observed |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,228 | observed |
| 1994 | 5 | 8,800 | observed |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,015 | observed |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,349 | observed |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Colon” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
