Meaning not yet researched.
Colton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,420 in 2025. Its best rank was #59 in 2019.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #59 in 2019; #103 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Colton in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#103 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2019, at #59.
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Colton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,420 boys in 2025. Peak: #59 in 2019 · most boys in one year: 6,490 (2013).
In 2025, 3,420 US boys were named Colton, making it the 103rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 5 places from #98 in 2024. That is 180 fewer than the 3,600 boys named Colton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #59, reached in 2019. The most boys given the name in a single year was 6,490, in 2013. For comparison, it was #60 in 2015 and #2,338 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Colton in 89 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1913 with 6 babies. In all, 152,174 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 58,530 babies named Colton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 46,215 US boys were named Colton; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 5,739. In 2025 that was about 1 in 499 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Colton ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #13 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 26 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Colten (16,358 babies since 1880), Kolton (17,169 babies since 1880), Kolten (5,929 babies since 1880) and Coltin (2,572 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Koltin, Coltan and Kohlton are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Colt.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Koltin (831), Coltan (796), Kohlton (408), Koltan (252), Coalton (145), Coulton (139), Cohlton (10), Koalton (6), Coulten (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 27 | #13 | #39 |
| West Virginia | 43 | #23 | #9 |
| New Hampshire | 35 | #27 | #36 |
| Maine | 30 | #30 | #30 |
| Kentucky | 101 | #35 | #15 |
| Delaware | 19 | #40 | #38 |
| South Carolina | 87 | #47 | #36 |
| Michigan | 161 | #49 | #29 |
| Hawaii | 16 | #50 | #81 |
| Vermont | 9 | #52 | #18 |
| Tennessee | 139 | #53 | #31 |
| Alabama | 76 | #54 | #33 |
| Mississippi | 37 | #60 | #46 |
| Virginia | 129 | #65 | #44 |
| Montana | 16 | #68 | #51 |
| North Carolina | 170 | #68 | #41 |
| Idaho | 31 | #68 | #70 |
| Pennsylvania | 163 | #72 | #50 |
| Rhode Island | 14 | #73 | #68 |
| Missouri | 81 | #77 | #34 |
| North Dakota | 14 | #77 | #67 |
| Ohio | 142 | #81 | #32 |
| Wisconsin | 69 | #86 | #38 |
| Oregon | 42 | #88 | #82 |
| Georgia | 126 | #89 | #43 |
| Connecticut | 39 | #91 | #63 |
| Louisiana | 48 | #103 | #82 |
| Maryland | 54 | #105 | #56 |
| New Jersey | 90 | #108 | #83 |
| Minnesota | 58 | #110 | #48 |
| Nevada | 27 | #115 | #100 |
| Colorado | 62 | #116 | #50 |
| Indiana | 68 | #117 | #48 |
| Massachusetts | 62 | #118 | #80 |
| Washington | 67 | #119 | #81 |
| Florida | 178 | #121 | #66 |
| New York | 147 | #125 | #107 |
| Illinois | 88 | #131 | #81 |
| Arizona | 65 | #136 | #85 |
| Nebraska | 19 | #139 | #53 |
| Arkansas | 25 | #143 | #74 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #154 | #46 |
| Iowa | 26 | #164 | #62 |
| Texas | 205 | #180 | #102 |
| New Mexico | 11 | #183 | #98 |
| California | 211 | #185 | #136 |
| Oklahoma | 26 | #190 | #67 |
| Kansas | 21 | #191 | #59 |
| Utah | 28 | #194 | #124 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,574 | 3,420 | #103 |
| 2024 | — | — | 3,600 | #98 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,426 | 3,707 | #94 |
| 2022 | — | — | 3,926 | #91 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,870 | 4,566 | #75 |
| 2020 | — | — | 5,025 | #66 |
| 2019 | — | — | 5,739 | #59 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,754 | 5,314 | #68 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,887 | 5,294 | #70 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,732 | 5,624 | #68 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,091 | 6,318 | #60 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,190 | 6,405 | #65 |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,040 | 6,490 | #65 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,395 | 6,362 | #65 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,392 | 5,601 | #74 |
| 2010 | — | — | 5,321 | #73 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,667 | 4,771 | #93 |
| 2008 | — | — | 4,550 | #98 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,941 | 3,657 | #118 |
| 2006 | — | — | 3,003 | #135 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,075 | 2,657 | #155 |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,027 | 2,955 | #135 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,256 | 2,953 | #135 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,980 | 3,047 | #128 |
| 2001 | — | — | 3,246 | #118 |
| 2000 | — | — | 3,410 | #111 |
| 1999 | — | — | 3,288 | #109 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,639 | 3,573 | #106 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,105 | 3,600 | #108 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,797 | 3,788 | #105 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,750 | 3,588 | #105 |
| 1994 | — | — | 2,857 | #121 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,193 | 2,750 | #126 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,890 | 2,548 | #133 |
| 1991 | — | — | 2,245 | #145 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,544 | 2,235 | #139 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,797 | 1,925 | #157 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,196 | 879 | #268 |
| 1987 | — | — | 324 | #494 |
| 1986 | — | — | 236 | #577 |
| 1985 | — | — | 173 | #674 |
| 1984 | — | — | 131 | #756 |
| 1983 | — | — | 118 | #805 |
| 1982 | — | — | 122 | #802 |
| 1981 | — | — | 49 | #1,339 |
| 1980 | — | — | 34 | #1,701 |
| 1979 | — | — | 33 | #1,718 |
| 1978 | — | — | 26 | #1,928 |
| 1977 | — | — | 30 | #1,749 |
| 1976 | — | — | 31 | #1,681 |
| 1975 | — | — | 34 | #1,534 |
| 1974 | — | — | 27 | #1,758 |
| 1973 | — | — | 25 | #1,787 |
| 1972 | — | — | 23 | #1,878 |
| 1971 | — | — | 17 | #2,299 |
| 1970 | — | — | 18 | #2,135 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,152 |
| 1968 | — | — | 16 | #2,046 |
| 1967 | — | — | 12 | #2,377 |
| 1966 | — | — | 18 | #1,828 |
| 1965 | — | — | 14 | #2,198 |
| 1964 | — | — | 11 | #2,567 |
| 1963 | — | — | 9 | #2,896 |
| 1962 | — | — | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1961 | — | — | 16 | #2,078 |
| 1960 | — | — | 7 | #3,397 |
| 1959 | — | — | 9 | #2,860 |
| 1958 | — | — | 6 | #3,614 |
| 1957 | — | — | 9 | #2,864 |
| 1956 | — | — | 8 | #3,013 |
| 1954 | — | — | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1953 | — | — | 5 | #3,912 |
| 1951 | — | — | 6 | #3,414 |
| 1950 | — | — | 11 | #2,338 |
| 1947 | — | — | 6 | #3,433 |
| 1944 | — | — | 6 | #3,173 |
| 1943 | — | — | 5 | #3,637 |
| 1940 | — | — | 7 | #2,923 |
| 1939 | — | — | 9 | #2,487 |
| 1938 | — | — | 5 | #3,623 |
| 1932 | — | — | 5 | #3,877 |
| 1931 | — | — | 5 | #3,874 |
| 1927 | — | — | 5 | #4,315 |
| 1926 | — | — | 5 | #4,324 |
| 1925 | — | — | 5 | #4,326 |
| 1921 | — | — | 5 | #4,467 |
| 1920 | — | — | 8 | #3,268 |
| 1916 | — | — | 5 | #4,029 |
| 1913 | — | — | 6 | #2,551 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).