How Many People Are Named Colt?
people named Colt are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,442 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,880 babies named Colt in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,833 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Colt in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Colt alive today is about 13 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Colt first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 2019, to 1,833 babies. In 2025, 1,188 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Colt has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #210, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #285.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #285 |
| Best rank | #210 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #302 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Colt alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Colt were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,533 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Colt was given 4.5 times as often in Montana, 3.1 times in Oklahoma and 2.9 times in West Virginia.
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