boys:
1.5k births since 2002
#3157 (31st percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 2002
#6249 (19th percentile)
The name Kolson is the #6,249 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,496 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 19.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,157 (31.1% percentile) for all time with 1,496 births since 2002.
Kolson first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (first recorded for boys in 2002).
For boys, Kolson reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 27.8% percentile (ranked #667) with 143 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 143 births per million (ranked 27.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kolson ranks #678 for boys (25.6% percentile) with 131 births per million, which is 91.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kolson".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Kolson. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Kolson is pronounced as KOHL-suhn, which has 2 syllables.
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