Colten Boy
How popular is Colten?
#965 boy name in 2025
238 baby boys were named Colten in the US in 2025, making it the 965th most popular boy name.
Colten popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #965 for boys (▼ 66 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 238 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #549 in 2015, #755 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (757 boys) |
| Highest rank | #386 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1978 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Colten counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Colton family of names ranked #85 for boys in 2025 (#80 the year before), with 4,377 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Colton | 3,420 | 78% |
| Kolton | 489 | 11% |
| Colten | 238 | 5% |
| Kolten | 153 | 3% |
| Coltyn | 28 | 1% |
| Koltyn | 25 | 1% |
| Coltin | 14 | 0% |
| Koltin | 10 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Colten is most popular
Babies named Colten per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Colten by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1980s | 558 | #615 |
| 1990s | 3,736 | #468 |
| 2000s | 4,934 | #395 |
| 2010s | 5,528 | #386 |
| 2020s | 1,597 | #755 |
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Questions
- Is Colten a boy or girl name?
- Colten is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Colten were boys.
- How popular is the name Colten?
- 238 baby boys were named Colten in the US in 2025, making it the 965th most popular boy name.
- When was Colten most popular?
- Colten peaked in 2009, when 757 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #386 in 2011.
- How many people are named Colten?
- 16,358 babies have been named Colten in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,104 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Colten most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Colten was most common in Kentucky, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.