Colen

Boy · recorded 1913–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1943best year

Most popular in 1943.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Colen.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1913

071319131936195919822005

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 69 recorded years as a table
Colen, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191310
19175
19195
19207
19215
19225
19235
19254
19265
19275
19285
19295
19306
19325
19347
19355
19375
19385
19417
194210
194313
19449
19457
19464
19476
19485
19496
19503
19514
19524
19533
19542
19566
19574
19593
19607
19613
19623
19646
19654
19663
19685
19696
19703
19715
19723
19736
19745
19757
19764
19784
19803
19823
19835
19844
19883
19892
19902
19924
19934
19944
19954
19965
19976
19994
20007
20014
20034
20055

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Colen isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
10
Rank in 2005
#7,096
How rare
1 in 199,730 boys
Since 1913
528

Colen was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1943, at 13 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Colen doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.