NameTides

Kolsen

Kolsen was the #1,297 boys' name in the US in 2025 (150 babies), and #1,944 in Canada.

Kolsen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Kolsen as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Kolsen as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#1,297 (150)#1,944 (10)
2024#1,262 (156)#1,909 (10)
2023#1,986 (77)#2,614 (6)
2022#2,468 (56)—
2021#2,775 (45)—
2020#2,235 (61)#2,746 (5)
2019#2,556 (51)—
2018#3,171 (36)—
2017#5,111 (18)—
2016#5,318 (17)—
2015#3,775 (28)—
2014#5,252 (17)—
2013#5,659 (15)—
2012#6,001 (14)—
2011#3,885 (26)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,262.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2005.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kolsen is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kolsen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #999MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Kolsen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KolsenCanadaBoys#1,94410
KolsenUSBoys#1,297150