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Colum

852births recorded
4Countries
1Variants
1971Peak · Ireland

Colum is a boy name family recorded 852 times in 4 countries since 1964. Its all-time peak was in Ireland in 1971, at 53.4 births per 100,000.

Popularity by country

Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.

All forms of Colum

VariantsLanguageTotal birthsCountryLatest rankPeak year10-year trend
Colum English 748 🇮🇪 Ireland – 1971 –
Colum English 86 🇺🇸 United States – 1999 –
Colum English 13 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 1996 –
Colum English 5 🇬🇧 Northern Ireland – 2008 –

Names with a similar trajectory

Their popularity curve in Ireland correlates closely with Colum's.

  1. 1Siobhan
  2. 2Fiona
  3. 3Enda
  4. 4Gregory
  5. 5Kieran
  6. 6Eamon

Questions about Colum

When was Colum most popular?

It peaked in Ireland in 1971, at 53.4 births per 100,000.

Is Colum a boy or a girl name?

In official birth registers, Colum is a boy name.