Kolter Boy
How popular is Kolter?
#599 boy name in 2025
476 baby boys were named Kolter in the US in 2025, making it the 599th most popular boy name.
Kolter popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #599 for boys (▲ 235 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 476 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+1007% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,765 in 2015, #2,212 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (476 boys) |
| Highest rank | #599 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1987 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kolter counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Colter family of names ranked #135 for boys in 2025 (#199 the year before), with 2,830 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Colter | 2,354 | 83% |
| Kolter | 476 | 17% |
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 Kolter is most popular
Babies named Kolter per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 1.0 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.8 per 1,000 (69 boys)
- Nebraska: 0.7 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Iowa: 0.7 per 1,000 (50 boys)
- North Dakota: 0.6 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Kolter by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kolter
Questions
- Is Kolter a boy or girl name?
- Kolter is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kolter were boys.
- How popular is the name Kolter?
- 476 baby boys were named Kolter in the US in 2025, making it the 599th most popular boy name.
- When was Kolter most popular?
- Kolter peaked in 2025, when 476 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #599 in 2025.
- How many people are named Kolter?
- 1,938 babies have been named Kolter in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,927 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 3.
- Where is Kolter most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kolter was most common in South Dakota, at 1.0 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.