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Columbus

Boy

Classic name

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Columbus peaked in 1922, when 1 baby in 12,241 was given the name. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 137 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.
7,517births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 446rank at its peak, in 1922

Where babies named Columbus are born

1922

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The darker the blue, the more common Columbus is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Columbus is most common in Mississippi (6.9 times), Arkansas (5.9) and Alabama (5.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

Elroy · Cletus · Olen · Hoyt · Emile · Patsy

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