Colsen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 33 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
33
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
#566
up from #631
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Colsen has moved

US popularity rank, 2024–2025. Lower is more popular.
#514#599#683202420252025#566

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YearUS rank
2024#631
2025#566

Colsen by the numbers

Colsen was given to 33 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 35 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Colsen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Colsen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Coltendark settlement or coal town; a respelling of Colton358 in the US (2017)
  • Colsoncoal-black; son of Cole321 in the US (2017)
  • Collenyoung man; a form of Colm11 in the US (2017)
  • Colesencoal settlement; a form of Coalson7 in the US (2017)
  • Colden40 in the US (2017)
  • Colsyn10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Colsen

Names that are said the same way as Colsen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Coulsonson of Nicholas; patronymic surname29 in the US (2017)
  • Kolson61 in the US (2017)
  • Kolsen17 in the US (2017)
  • Kohlson7 in the US (2017)
  • Kolsyn5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Colsen

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