Columbia

girls:

640 births since 1882

#5076 (11th percentile)

boys:

5 births since 1926

#4581 (0th percentile)

overall:

645 births since 1882

#7094 (8th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Columbia".

1882 2015 18822015

Key Statistics

Total Births
640
Peak Births
33
Peak Year
1916
First Recorded
1882
Peak Percentile
4.9%
Current Percentile
0.5%
Peak Rank
#225
Current Rank
#955
Female statistics
Total Births
5
Peak Births
5
Peak Year
1926
First Recorded
1926
Peak Percentile
0.0%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#551
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Columbia

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Columbia. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Columbia is pronounced as kuh-LUHM-bee-uh.

kuh-LUHM-bee-uh (4 syllables)
Verified
100.0% confidence
K AH0 L AH1 M B IY0 AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Columbia. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Columbia, please vote using the thumbs up button.

kuh-LUHM-buh (3 syllables)
1 name 43 births
K AH0 L AH1 M B AH0

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KAH-luhm-buh (3 syllables)
1 name 43 births
K AA1 L AH0 M B AH0

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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