Boy name#636 of boy names
Colt
Pronounced K OW1 L T (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2019
- 68 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Colt?
Colt is a boys' name, and first appears in 1957. It has been given to 29,628 children — the 636th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2019, when 2,033 children were given it.
Kolt is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Colt and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Kolt
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K OW1 L T
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Colt
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Colt
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Colt?
- Colt ranks 636th among boys' names in US records, with 29,628 births since 1957. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,922.
- Is Colt a unisex name?
- No. Colt is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Colt most popular?
- 2019, when 2,033 children were given the name. It has been in use for 68 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Colt spelled?
- Kolt. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.