NameTides

Kolson

Kolson was the #883 boys' name in the US in 2025 (269 babies), and #1,207 in Canada.

Kolson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Kolson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Kolson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#883 (269)——#1,207 (20)
2024#793 (317)——#1,306 (17)
2023#937 (241)#4,108 (4)—#1,234 (17)
2022#885 (267)—#703 (3)#1,350 (15)
2021#1,092 (192)——#1,478 (13)
2020#1,058 (189)——#1,520 (12)
2019#1,202 (159)——#1,835 (9)
2018#1,959 (75)———
2017#2,154 (63)——#2,762 (5)
2016#3,161 (36)———
2015#3,365 (33)———
2014#3,532 (30)———
2013#3,265 (33)———
2012#3,894 (26)———
2011#3,235 (34)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #793.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2002.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,400 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 6,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kolson is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 6,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kolson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #412INOhio: #470OHPennsylvania: #477PANew 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: #597MOKentucky: #305KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: 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: #719TNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,169TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Kolson (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
KolsonCanadaBoys#1,20720
KolsonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KolsonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KolsonScotlandBoys—too few
KolsonUSBoys#883269