first name
COLT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,214 people named Colt, 88.2% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Colt peaked in 2019, when 1,833 babies got the name.
At least 27,880 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Colt by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #464. The largest share of babies named Colt, 62.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Colt is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Colt has been most common in Montana (3.5×), Idaho (3.1×), and Oklahoma (2.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.14×).
25,792 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Colt ranks #19,658 of 156,621, with 1,372 people. See Colt as a last name
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