Colson

What Colson means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Colson yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #310 vs #1,359 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Colson?

US: Rising: up from #1111 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,099 boys got the name (#310 that year). First in the US records in 1924.

How common

• About 1 in 1,554 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 13,597 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), WV (2.92 per 1,000 boys), KY (2.0 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Colson is #310 in the US and #1359 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Colson were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Colsen523 US
• Kolson269 US
• Kolsen150 US
• Kolsyn37 US
• Kelson29 US
• Colsyn19 US
• Coulson18 US
• Kohlson8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Colson

Boys

• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*

For a sister

• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Amara#98“eternal”^*
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Amira#132“princess”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Colson’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.