How rare is the name Kolton?

12,116 people in the United States have the first name Kolton, about 1 in 24,928. It ranks #2,183 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KOLTON

#2,183

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,116
About
1 in 24,928
This common or more
78.8%
Who bears it

Of the 12,116 people named Kolton, 86.6% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as two or more races and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kolton peaked in 2012, when 796 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19822025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
796
In 2025*
489 ▼39%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 17,169 babies have been given the name since 1982. 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.

Kolton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #853. The largest share of babies named Kolton, 49.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#6,791181
1990s#1,5502,308
2000s#1,2604,003
2010s#8537,218
2020s#1,0483,459
Millennials 1981–969%
Generation Z 1997–1241.5%
2013 and later49.5%

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 Kolton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kolton has been most common in Utah (3.2×), Idaho (2.1×), and Oklahoma (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.08×).

15,686 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 Kolton

#2,181 Denny · 12,121#2,181 Dona · 12,121#2,184 Rod · 12,112#2,185 Haleigh · 12,104

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,379 Kolten · 4,296#14,906 Koltyn · 781#17,018 Koltin · 655#26,708 Kohlton · 347#32,104 Koleton · 264#35,667 Koltan · 225

Also a last name

As a last name, Kolton ranks #53,969 of 156,621, with 413 people. See Kolton as a last name

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