Kolton Boy
How popular is Kolton?
#594 boy name in 2025
489 baby boys were named Kolton in the US in 2025, making it the 594th most popular boy name.
Kolton popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #594 for boys (▼ 67 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 489 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #414 in 2015, #442 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (796 boys) |
| Highest rank | #379 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1982 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kolton 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 Kolton is most popular
Babies named Kolton per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maine: 1.5 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- West Virginia: 1.5 per 1,000 (48 boys)
- Hawaii: 1.2 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Mississippi: 1.2 per 1,000 (68 boys)
- Kentucky: 1.2 per 1,000 (119 boys)
Kolton by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kolton
Questions
- Is Kolton a boy or girl name?
- Kolton is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kolton were boys.
- How popular is the name Kolton?
- 489 baby boys were named Kolton in the US in 2025, making it the 594th most popular boy name.
- When was Kolton most popular?
- Kolton peaked in 2012, when 796 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #379 in 2012.
- How many people are named Kolton?
- 17,169 babies have been named Kolton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,973 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Kolton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kolton was most common in Maine, at 1.5 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.