How Many People Are Named Colton?
people named Colton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,282 people in the US has this name
Based on 152,174 babies named Colton in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,496 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "COLA's town".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Colton in English. Counting Colton and these spellings together, about 165,836 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Colton (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Colton alive today is about 16 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Colton first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 2013, to 6,496 babies. In 2025, 3,426 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Colton never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #59, in 2019, and it was in the top 100 for 17 years, 2008 to 2024. In 2025 it ranked #103.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #103 |
| Best rank | #59 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | 17 (2008 to 2024) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #68 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Colton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Colton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 13,899 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Colton was given 2.5 times as often in West Virginia, 2.4 times in Wyoming and 2.3 times in Montana.
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