Kolson

What Kolson means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,365 in 2015, #883 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kolson?

US: Rising: up from #3365 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 317 boys got the name (#793 that year). First in the US records in 2002.

How common

• About 1 in 6,350 baby boys in the US 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 KY (0.83 per 1,000 boys), WV (0.81 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.65 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kolson is #883 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 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 Kolson were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Colson1,099 US · 20 E&W
• Colsen523 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 Kolson

Boys

• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025

For a sister

• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*
• Genevieve#148possibly “kin, family + woman, wife”^*
• Aylani#293Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,595 in 2015, #293 in 2025

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 Kolson’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.