Colton Boy
How popular is Colton?
#103 boy name in 2025
3,420 baby boys were named Colton in the US in 2025, making it the 103rd most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
Colton popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #103 for boys (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,420 boys, 6 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-46% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #60 in 2015, #66 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (6,490 boys) |
| Highest rank | #59 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Colton 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 Colton is most popular
Babies named Colton per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 7.8 per 1,000 (174 boys)
- West Virginia: 7.2 per 1,000 (235 boys)
- Maine: 7.2 per 1,000 (139 boys)
- Vermont: 6.5 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Delaware: 6.3 per 1,000 (96 boys)
Colton by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1920s | 28 | #3,207 |
| 1930s | 24 | #2,449 |
| 1940s | 24 | #2,871 |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,320 |
| 1960s | 130 | #1,813 |
| 1970s | 264 | #1,529 |
| 1980s | 3,991 | #157 |
| 1990s | 30,472 | #105 |
| 2000s | 34,249 | #93 |
| 2010s | 58,468 | #59 |
| 2020s | 24,244 | #66 |
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Questions
- Is Colton a boy or girl name?
- Colton is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Colton were boys.
- How popular is the name Colton?
- 3,420 baby boys were named Colton in the US in 2025, making it the 103rd most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
- When was Colton most popular?
- Colton peaked in 2013, when 6,490 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #59 in 2019.
- How many people are named Colton?
- 152,174 babies have been named Colton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 149,949 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Colton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Colton was most common in New Hampshire, at 7.8 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.