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How popular is the name Colum?
Births per year, rank history and how many Colums are alive today.
Colum (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 1999 (ranked 2425th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1996, when 7 babies were given the name, the 1591st most popular that year.
The Colum you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Colums born in England and Wales are between 27 and 35, and there are at least 89 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Colum - on average, only one in every 3,405 such rooms contains a Colum.
How many babies are named Colum each year?
Where does Colum rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Colum most popular?
Colum peaked in 1996, when 7 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Colum?
At least 89 people named Colum born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Colum?
Most living Colums are between 27 and 35; the most common age is about 31.
Is Colum becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.