Colter Boy
How popular is Colter?
#157 boy name in 2025
2,354 baby boys were named Colter in the US in 2025, making it the 157th most popular boy name.
Colter popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #157 for boys (▲ 61 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,354 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+1558% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,266 in 2015, #972 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (2,354 boys) |
| Highest rank | #157 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| 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 |
Colter 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 Colter is most popular
Babies named Colter per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 6.6 per 1,000 (117 boys)
- Wyoming: 6.2 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- North Dakota: 4.7 per 1,000 (80 boys)
- South Dakota: 4.7 per 1,000 (87 boys)
- Idaho: 3.3 per 1,000 (135 boys)
Colter by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 96 | #1,965 |
| 1980s | 581 | #1,105 |
| 1990s | 965 | #994 |
| 2000s | 1,123 | #1,125 |
| 2010s | 1,523 | #968 |
| 2020s | 6,417 | #157 |
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Questions
- Is Colter a boy or girl name?
- Colter is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Colter were boys.
- How popular is the name Colter?
- 2,354 baby boys were named Colter in the US in 2025, making it the 157th most popular boy name.
- When was Colter most popular?
- Colter peaked in 2025, when 2,354 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #157 in 2025.
- How many people are named Colter?
- 10,705 babies have been named Colter in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,600 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Colter most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Colter was most common in Montana, at 6.6 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.