How rare is the name Colten?

12,819 people in the United States have the first name Colten, about 1 in 23,561. It ranks #2,097 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

COLTEN

#2,097

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,819
About
1 in 23,561
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,819 people named Colten, 88.1% reported their origin as White, 5.1% as two or more races and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Colten peaked in 2009, when 757 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19782025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
757
In 2025*
238 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 16,358 babies have been given the name since 1978. 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.

Colten by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,062. The largest share of babies named Colten, 51.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#3,176558
1990s#1,1433,736
2000s#1,1004,934
2010s#1,0625,528
2020s#1,8381,597
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–9618.3%
Generation Z 1997–1251.6%
2013 and later30.1%

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 Colten is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Colten has been most common in Utah (3×), Montana (2.4×), and Indiana (2.3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.09×).

14,767 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.

Either side of Colten

#2,094 Mitch · 12,863#2,096 Deon · 12,858#2,098 Gisela · 12,810#2,099 Deidre · 12,807

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Colten, most common first.

#484 Colton · 117,141#7,279 Coltin · 2,111#10,848 Coltyn · 1,208#14,347 Colden · 823#16,177 Coltan · 702

Also a last name

As a last name, Colten ranks #77,203 of 156,621, with 268 people. See Colten as a last name

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