Kolt Boy
How popular is Kolt?
#1,409 boy name in 2025
129 baby boys were named Kolt in the US in 2025, making it the 1409th most popular boy name.
Kolt popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,409 for boys (▼ 153 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 129 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+9% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,438 in 2015, #1,023 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (214 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,023 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1982 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kolt counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Colt family of names ranked #268 for boys in 2025 (#262 the year before), with 1,317 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Colt | 1,188 | 90% |
| Kolt | 129 | 10% |
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 Kolt is most popular
Babies named Kolt per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Iowa: 0.5 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- Missouri: 0.3 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.3 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (7 boys)
Kolt by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kolt
Questions
- Is Kolt a boy or girl name?
- Kolt is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kolt were boys.
- How popular is the name Kolt?
- 129 baby boys were named Kolt in the US in 2025, making it the 1409th most popular boy name.
- When was Kolt most popular?
- Kolt peaked in 2022, when 214 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,023 in 2020.
- How many people are named Kolt?
- 3,074 babies have been named Kolt in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,043 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Kolt most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kolt was most common in Iowa, at 0.5 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.