Colston
Recorded 1994–2025 · United States
Colston was most popular in 2010, when 91 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,778 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,107, with 80 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,247 people named Colston.
Colston over time
How old is the name Colston?
Colston first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1994, which makes it about 31 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 32 of the 32 years since.
How many people are named Colston?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,247 American births named Colston between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,235 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Colston in 2025?
80 American babies were named Colston in 2025, ranking #4,107 that year.
Is Colston getting more or less popular?
Colston is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 54 births a year, against 79 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -32% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Colston a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Colston is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,247 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Colston?
Roughly 1,235 Americans named Colston are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 11 years old, and half are between 6 and 15. That is a narrow band because Colston is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Colston is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org