How rare is the name Colter?

3,951 people in the United States have the first name Colter, about 1 in 76,444. It ranks #4,637 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

COLTER

#4,637

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,951
About
1 in 76,444
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,951 people named Colter, 90.9% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as two or more races and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Colter peaked in 2025, when 2,354 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
2,354
In 2025*
2,354
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,705 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Colter by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #623. The largest share of babies named Colter, 70.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#8,48396
1980s#3,091581
1990s#2,728965
2000s#3,0671,123
2010s#2,6601,523
2020s#6236,417
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–9611.6%
Generation Z 1997–1217.1%
2013 and later70.1%

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 Colter is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Colter has been most common in Montana (20×), Wyoming (18×), and Idaho (8.8×), and least common in New York (0.17×).

8,581 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 Colter

#4,635 Ania · 3,952#4,635 Bernabe · 3,952#4,638 Saeed · 3,950#4,639 Kenan · 3,949

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Colter, most common first.

#15,832 Coulter · 721

Also a last name

As a last name, Colter ranks #9,566 of 156,621, with 3,250 people. See Colter as a last name

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