How rare is the name Colton?

117,141 people in the United States have the first name Colton, about 1 in 2,578. It ranks #484 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

COLTON

#484

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
117,141
About
1 in 2,578
This common or more
57.9%
Who bears it

Of the 117,141 people named Colton, 89.1% reported their origin as White, 4.4% as two or more races and 4.1% 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.

Colton peaked in 2013, when 6,496 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
6,496
In 2025*
3,426 ▼47%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 152,174 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.

Colton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #99. The largest share of babies named Colton, 43%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#9,75211
1920s#9,24228
1930s#8,37524
1940s#8,83924
1950s#7,51260
1960s#5,581130
1970s#4,490264
1980s#9484,001
1990s#22930,536
2000s#21934,303
2010s#9958,530
2020s#14324,263
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–9615.8%
Generation Z 1997–1240.8%
2013 and later43%

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 Colton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Colton has been most common in Alaska (2.5×), Utah (2.4×), and Idaho (2.2×), and least common in New York (0.34×).

150,760 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 Colton

#482 Joy · 117,520#483 Angelica · 117,165#485 Garrett · 116,551#486 Alexa · 115,935

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,097 Colten · 12,819#6,520 Coleton · 2,451#7,279 Coltin · 2,111#10,848 Coltyn · 1,208#16,177 Coltan · 702#38,064 Coulton · 203#48,183 Coalton · 133

Also a last name

As a last name, Colton ranks #5,444 of 156,621, with 6,185 people. See Colton as a last name

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