Colan

Boy · recorded 1915–2003

  • 2003last recorded
  • 1926best year

Most popular in 1926.

Last recorded in 2003. 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 Colan.

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 1915

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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 36 recorded years as a table
Colan, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19156
19225
19267
19325
19335
19367
19425
19435
19473
19503
19553
19592
19602
19622
19633
19684
19705
19775
19803
19814
19853
19873
19883
19893
19902
19913
19924
19935
19946
19955
19963
19974
19986
20013
20023
20033

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Colan 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 2003
5
Rank in 2003
#10,894
How rare
1 in 395,069 boys
Since 1915
237

Colan was last recorded in 2003. 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 1926, at 7 per million boys born.

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

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