Colon is a boy name. It last appeared in U.S. Social Security records in 2000. Colon first appears in the data in 1885 and reached its peak in 1927 (33 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | #23,562 |
| 1996 | 5 | #20,880 |
| 1994 | 5 | #20,481 |
| 1993 | 8 | #14,778 |
| 1991 | 11 | #11,583 |
| 1989 | 5 | #18,536 |
| 1986 | 8 | #11,662 |
| 1985 | 8 | #11,346 |
| 1984 | 5 | #15,319 |
| 1983 | 6 | #13,332 |
| 1982 | 7 | #12,231 |
| 1980 | 9 | #10,175 |
| 1979 | 7 | #11,915 |
| 1978 | 8 | #10,318 |
| 1977 | 11 | #8,375 |
| 1976 | 8 | #9,850 |
| 1975 | 6 | #11,760 |
| 1974 | 7 | #10,202 |
| 1973 | 13 | #6,664 |
| 1971 | 14 | #6,265 |
| 1970 | 8 | #8,612 |
| 1969 | 12 | #6,305 |
| 1968 | 9 | #7,136 |
| 1967 | 7 | #8,009 |
| 1966 | 7 | #7,841 |
| 1965 | 8 | #7,225 |
| 1964 | 12 | #5,877 |
| 1963 | 9 | #6,844 |
| 1962 | 11 | #6,092 |
| 1961 | 11 | #6,079 |
| 1960 | 16 | #4,811 |
| 1959 | 13 | #5,327 |
| 1958 | 16 | #4,675 |
| 1957 | 9 | #6,483 |
| 1956 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1955 | 13 | #5,078 |
| 1954 | 13 | #5,010 |
| 1953 | 18 | #4,104 |
| 1952 | 16 | #4,330 |
| 1951 | 17 | #4,060 |
| 1950 | 10 | #5,451 |
| 1949 | 22 | #3,440 |
| 1948 | 18 | #3,848 |
| 1947 | 17 | #4,048 |
| 1946 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1945 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1944 | 28 | #2,669 |
| 1943 | 26 | #2,889 |
| 1942 | 30 | #2,625 |
| 1941 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1940 | 16 | #3,546 |
| 1939 | 19 | #3,172 |
| 1938 | 27 | #2,591 |
| 1937 | 11 | #4,385 |
| 1936 | 21 | #2,936 |
| 1935 | 20 | #3,077 |
| 1934 | 27 | #2,587 |
| 1933 | 19 | #3,177 |
| 1932 | 29 | #2,517 |
| 1931 | 31 | #2,410 |
| 1930 | 26 | #2,790 |
| 1929 | 22 | #3,100 |
| 1928 | 26 | #2,865 |
| 1927 | 33 | #2,532 |
| 1926 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1925 | 16 | #4,033 |
| 1924 | 25 | #3,113 |
| 1923 | 28 | #2,823 |
| 1922 | 30 | #2,734 |
| 1921 | 28 | #2,872 |
| 1920 | 32 | #2,581 |
| 1919 | 19 | #3,492 |
| 1918 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1917 | 27 | #2,657 |
| 1916 | 25 | #2,764 |
| 1915 | 28 | #2,491 |
| 1914 | 22 | #2,514 |
| 1913 | 18 | #2,481 |
| 1912 | 12 | #2,931 |
| 1910 | 6 | #3,348 |
| 1905 | 6 | #2,701 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,976 |
| 1894 | 5 | #2,527 |
| 1892 | 5 | #2,507 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,883 |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,854 |