Kolten Boy
How popular is Kolten?
#1,281 boy name in 2025
153 baby boys were named Kolten in the US in 2025, making it the 1281st most popular boy name.
Kolten popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,281 for boys (▲ 167 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 153 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #771 in 2015, #1,095 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (308 boys) |
| Highest rank | #764 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1987 |
| 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 |
Kolten counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Colton family of names ranked #85 for boys in 2025 (#80 the year before), with 4,377 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Colton | 3,420 | 78% |
| Kolton | 489 | 11% |
| Colten | 238 | 5% |
| Kolten | 153 | 3% |
| Coltyn | 28 | 1% |
| Koltyn | 25 | 1% |
| Coltin | 14 | 0% |
| Koltin | 10 | 0% |
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 Kolten is most popular
Babies named Kolten per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Kolten by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kolten
Questions
- Is Kolten a boy or girl name?
- Kolten is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kolten were boys.
- How popular is the name Kolten?
- 153 baby boys were named Kolten in the US in 2025, making it the 1281st most popular boy name.
- When was Kolten most popular?
- Kolten peaked in 2015, when 308 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #764 in 2011.
- How many people are named Kolten?
- 5,929 babies have been named Kolten in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,861 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Kolten most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kolten was most common in Hawaii, at 2.8 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.