How Many People Are Named Columbus?
people named Columbus are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 181,800 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,517 babies named Columbus in Social Security records from 1880 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
187 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Columbus in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Columbus alive today is about 62 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Columbus first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1922, to 187 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Columbus has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #192, in 1880.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #192 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #489 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Columbus alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Columbus were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 109 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Columbus was given 6.2 times as often in Mississippi, 5 times in Arkansas and 4.9 times in Alabama.
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