Colon is a rare variant of Colin that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Colon is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2000. Colon was first reported in SSA data in 1885 and peaked in 1927 (33 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,661 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | — | #9,254 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | — | #9,044 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | — | #6,312 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | — | #4,818 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | — | #8,100 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | — | #4,937 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | — | #4,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | — | #6,489 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | — | #5,613 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | — | #5,117 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | — | #4,202 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | — | #4,932 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | — | #4,227 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | — | #3,427 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,073 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | — | #4,913 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | — | #4,259 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | — | #2,741 |
| 1971 | 14 | — | — | #2,585 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | — | #3,572 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | — | #2,569 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | — | #2,945 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | — | #3,302 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | — | #3,297 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | — | #3,026 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | — | #2,439 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | — | #2,895 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | — | #2,538 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | — | #2,575 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | — | #2,054 |
| 1959 | 13 | — | — | #2,321 |
| 1958 | 16 | — | — | #2,037 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | — | #2,863 |
| 1956 | 13 | — | — | #2,291 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | — | #2,234 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | — | #2,223 |
| 1953 | 18 | — | — | #1,846 |
| 1952 | 16 | — | — | #1,954 |
| 1951 | 17 | — | — | #1,848 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | — | #2,464 |
| 1949 | 22 | — | — | #1,589 |
| 1948 | 18 | — | — | #1,771 |
| 1947 | 17 | — | — | #1,864 |
| 1946 | 29 | — | — | #1,303 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | — | #1,545 |
| 1944 | 28 | — | — | #1,259 |
| 1943 | 26 | — | — | #1,374 |
| 1942 | 30 | — | — | #1,276 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | — | #2,371 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | — | #1,747 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | — | #1,541 |
| 1938 | 27 | — | — | #1,280 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | — | #2,227 |
| 1936 | 21 | — | — | #1,475 |
| 1935 | 20 | — | — | #1,549 |
| 1934 | 27 | — | — | #1,296 |
| 1933 | 19 | — | — | #1,601 |
| 1932 | 29 | — | — | #1,264 |
| 1931 | 31 | — | #3,964 | #1,401 |
| 1930 | 26 | — | — | #1,436 |
| 1929 | 22 | — | — | #1,570 |
| 1928 | 26 | — | — | #1,458 |
| 1927 | 33 | — | — | #1,275 |
| 1926 | 23 | — | — | #1,575 |
| 1925 | 16 | — | — | #2,025 |
| 1924 | 25 | — | — | #1,540 |
| 1923 | 28 | — | — | #1,388 |
| 1922 | 30 | — | — | #1,343 |
| 1921 | 28 | — | — | #1,421 |
| 1920 | 32 | — | — | #1,275 |
| 1919 | 19 | — | — | #1,764 |
| 1918 | 27 | — | — | #1,381 |
| 1917 | 27 | — | — | #1,332 |
| 1916 | 25 | — | — | #1,383 |
| 1915 | 28 | — | — | #1,242 |
| 1914 | 22 | — | #3,730 | #1,504 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | — | #1,216 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | — | #1,438 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | — | #1,458 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | — | #1,126 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | — | #1,244 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,116 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | — | #1,099 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | — | #860 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | — | #854 |