How popular is the name Colton?

Colton ranks 199th among boys' names in US records, with 188,103 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 61,193.

Is Colton a unisex name?

No. Colton is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2013, when 8,202 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kolton, Colten, Kolten, Coltan, Kohlten, Coleten. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#199 of boy names

Pronounced K OW1 L T AE1 N (ARPABET)

Colton is a boys' name, and first appears in 1913. It has been given to 188,103 children — the 199th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2013, when 8,202 children were given it.

Six other spellings are counted in that total — Kolton, Colten, Kolten and three more — because they are pronounced identically.

2013Boys: 8,202Girls: 6

These spellings sound identical to Colton and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Colton?: Colton ranks 199th among boys' names in US records, with 188,103 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 61,193.
Is Colton a unisex name?: No. Colton is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Colton most popular?: 2013, when 8,202 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Colton spelled?: Kolton, Colten, Kolten, Coltan, Kohlten, Coleten. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.