Colton

Boy name

Colton has been given to 152,174 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It peaked in 2013 and currently ranks #103 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /koʊl.tən/

From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

152,174

Peak year

2013 (6,496 babies)

Rank in 2025

#103 for boys

First recorded

1913

10-year trend

▼ -46%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

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American actor and model

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Colton.

154,512 babies since 1880

149,420 babies since 1880

147,508 babies since 1880

161,200 babies since 1886

140,887 babies since 1880

163,836 babies since 1880

137,606 babies since 1970

136,061 babies since 1881

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