Columbus is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1922 and has since faded.
Columbus is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Columbus was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1922 (187 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | #12,580 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | #9,941 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | #11,042 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | #12,660 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | #9,863 |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | #8,264 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #11,059 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | #8,198 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #12,846 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #12,873 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | #9,063 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | #9,754 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | #5,874 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #9,795 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #8,622 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | #9,473 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #5,632 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | #6,124 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #9,883 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | #4,707 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | #9,256 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #6,005 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #5,944 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | #4,488 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | #4,140 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | #4,532 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | #4,209 |
| 1989 | 16 | — | #3,485 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | #4,503 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | #3,768 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | #3,476 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | #3,632 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #3,131 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | #2,690 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #2,283 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | #2,591 |
| 1980 | 25 | — | #2,122 |
| 1979 | 16 | — | #2,796 |
| 1978 | 29 | — | #1,805 |
| 1977 | 22 | — | #2,138 |
| 1976 | 25 | — | #1,940 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | #2,461 |
| 1974 | 20 | — | #2,138 |
| 1973 | 30 | — | #1,589 |
| 1972 | 29 | — | #1,606 |
| 1971 | 33 | — | #1,498 |
| 1970 | 27 | — | #1,663 |
| 1969 | 28 | — | #1,532 |
| 1968 | 30 | — | #1,433 |
| 1967 | 32 | — | #1,345 |
| 1966 | 28 | — | #1,456 |
| 1965 | 38 | — | #1,238 |
| 1964 | 31 | — | #1,410 |
| 1963 | 32 | — | #1,379 |
| 1962 | 30 | — | #1,428 |
| 1961 | 59 | — | #1,015 |
| 1960 | 52 | — | #1,072 |
| 1959 | 56 | — | #1,027 |
| 1958 | 59 | — | #996 |
| 1957 | 61 | — | #972 |
| 1956 | 61 | — | #957 |
| 1955 | 71 | — | #875 |
| 1954 | 73 | — | #854 |
| 1953 | 64 | — | #897 |
| 1952 | 73 | — | #823 |
| 1951 | 75 | — | #813 |
| 1950 | 86 | — | #741 |
| 1949 | 83 | — | #755 |
| 1948 | 82 | — | #746 |
| 1947 | 90 | — | #723 |
| 1946 | 73 | — | #777 |
| 1945 | 73 | — | #711 |
| 1944 | 96 | — | #626 |
| 1943 | 95 | — | #656 |
| 1942 | 92 | — | #675 |
| 1941 | 98 | — | #603 |
| 1940 | 84 | — | #659 |
| 1939 | 92 | — | #607 |
| 1938 | 99 | — | #593 |
| 1937 | 109 | — | #556 |
| 1936 | 90 | — | #615 |
| 1935 | 94 | — | #599 |
| 1934 | 108 | — | #568 |
| 1933 | 104 | — | #563 |
| 1932 | 107 | — | #574 |
| 1931 | 112 | — | #554 |
| 1930 | 116 | — | #559 |
| 1929 | 129 | — | #516 |
| 1928 | 145 | — | #502 |
| 1927 | 139 | — | #519 |
| 1926 | 148 | — | #495 |
| 1925 | 154 | — | #490 |
| 1924 | 151 | — | #510 |
| 1923 | 178 | — | #457 |
| 1922 | 187 | — | #447 |
| 1921 | 151 | — | #502 |
| 1920 | 144 | — | #503 |
| 1919 | 163 | — | #464 |
| 1918 | 152 | — | #483 |
| 1917 | 145 | — | #478 |
| 1916 | 134 | — | #491 |
| 1915 | 135 | — | #475 |
| 1914 | 110 | — | #460 |
| 1913 | 103 | — | #423 |
| 1912 | 65 | — | #491 |
| 1911 | 53 | — | #391 |
| 1910 | 41 | — | #422 |
| 1909 | 50 | — | #327 |
| 1908 | 48 | — | #318 |
| 1907 | 39 | — | #353 |
| 1906 | 35 | — | #350 |
| 1905 | 37 | — | #330 |
| 1904 | 37 | — | #329 |
| 1903 | 31 | — | #346 |
| 1902 | 47 | — | #275 |
| 1901 | 28 | — | #349 |
| 1900 | 45 | — | #314 |
| 1899 | 40 | — | #274 |
| 1898 | 44 | — | #268 |
| 1897 | 34 | — | #317 |
| 1896 | 38 | — | #301 |
| 1895 | 42 | — | #274 |
| 1894 | 41 | — | #275 |
| 1893 | 43 | — | #268 |
| 1892 | 47 | — | #261 |
| 1891 | 39 | — | #257 |
| 1890 | 43 | — | #260 |
| 1889 | 40 | — | #263 |
| 1888 | 60 | — | #227 |
| 1887 | 40 | — | #250 |
| 1886 | 56 | — | #226 |
| 1885 | 41 | — | #258 |
| 1884 | 50 | — | #241 |
| 1883 | 49 | — | #221 |
| 1882 | 62 | — | #206 |
| 1881 | 51 | — | #216 |
| 1880 | 64 | — | #192 |