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Colyn

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Colyn first appears in the data in 1945 and has been recorded in 36 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2001 with 44 babies (rank #2,283 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

710

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

More popular boys' names

Other boys' names starting with C

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1945	5	#3,405
1979	5	#6,216
1985	7	#5,253
1986	5	#6,923
1987	6	#6,244
1988	5	#7,485
1989	9	#5,242
1992	11	#4,933
1993	17	#3,683
1994	33	#2,356
1995	16	#3,890
1996	34	#2,338
1997	29	#2,687
1998	31	#2,662
1999	35	#2,514
2000	32	#2,817
2001	44	#2,283
2002	36	#2,648
2003	43	#2,438
2004	43	#2,535
2005	34	#3,030
2006	31	#3,398
2007	30	#3,523
2008	26	#3,947
2009	22	#4,456
2010	17	#5,289
2011	14	#5,998
2012	11	#7,156
2013	8	#8,949
2014	11	#7,155
2015	20	#4,745
2016	7	#9,863
2017	5	#12,656
2018	7	#9,874
2020	6	#10,867
2021	5	#12,491