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How popular is the name Columbus?
Births per year, rank history and how many Columbuses are alive today.
Columbus (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2001 (ranked 3134th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.
The Columbus you are most likely to meet is around 24 years old. Half of all Columbuses born in England and Wales are between 20 and 30, and there are at least 40 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 Columbus - on average, only one in every 7,575 such rooms contains a Columbus.
How many babies are named Columbus each year?
Where does Columbus 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 Columbus most popular?
Columbus peaked in 2001, when 3 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Columbus?
At least 40 people named Columbus born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Columbus?
Most living Columbuses are between 20 and 30; the most common age is about 24.
Is Columbus becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.