Colt
- Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677
- #285 for boys in 2025, 1,188 births
- Given to boys >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2019 · 1,833 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 27,869since 1957
Colt over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Colt has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #285 | 1,188 | |
| 2024 | — | #276 | 1,227 | |
| 2023 | — | #264 | 1,304 | |
| 2022 | — | #240 | 1,462 | |
| 2021 | — | #221 | 1,736 | |
| 2020 | — | #221 | 1,686 | |
| 2019 | — | #210 | 1,833 | |
| 2018 | — | #236 | 1,628 | |
| 2017 | — | #271 | 1,333 | |
| 2016 | — | #337 | 1,033 | |
| 2015 | — | #338 | 1,018 | |
| 2014 | — | #339 | 979 | |
| 2013 | — | #333 | 975 | |
| 2012 | — | #331 | 958 | |
| 2011 | — | #327 | 954 | |
| 2010 | — | #331 | 945 | |
| 2009 | — | #369 | 821 | |
| 2008 | — | #532 | 502 | |
| 2007 | — | #593 | 428 | |
| 2006 | — | #910 | 212 | |
| 2005 | — | #937 | 186 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,101 | 143 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,007 | 157 | |
| 2002 | — | #848 | 195 | |
| 2001 | — | #847 | 190 | |
| 2000 | — | #816 | 197 | |
| 1999 | — | #790 | 194 | |
| 1998 | — | #759 | 210 | |
| 1997 | — | #673 | 242 | |
| 1996 | — | #670 | 246 | |
| 1995 | — | #692 | 236 | |
| 1994 | — | #653 | 254 | |
| 1993 | — | #669 | 236 | |
| 1992 | — | #690 | 225 | |
| 1991 | — | #715 | 201 | |
| 1990 | — | #768 | 174 | |
| 1989 | — | #767 | 167 | |
| 1988 | — | #676 | 194 | |
| 1987 | — | #557 | 266 | |
| 1986 | — | #592 | 224 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #530 | 271 |
| 1984 | — | #517 | 273 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #442 | 351 |
| 1982 | — | #460 | 344 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,418 | 20 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,379 | 20 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,946 | 13 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,637 | 15 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
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| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1957
The first year at least five boys were named Colt! It came in at #3,257, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1960, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Colt is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- West Virginia#58 · 1 in 220
- Iowa#135 · 1 in 461
- Arkansas#141 · 1 in 503
- North Dakota#152 · 1 in 420
- Utah#158 · 1 in 578
Best ever in a state: #33 in Wyoming, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #58 | 28 | 1 in 220 |
| Iowa | #135 | 30 | 1 in 461 |
| Arkansas | #141 | 25 | 1 in 503 |
| North Dakota | #152 | 8 | 1 in 420 |
| Utah | #158 | 34 | 1 in 578 |
| Oklahoma | #162 | 30 | 1 in 589 |
| Oregon | #170 | 24 | 1 in 627 |
| New Hampshire | #188 | 7 | 1 in 643 |
| Idaho | #196 | 13 | 1 in 664 |
| Nebraska | #196 | 13 | 1 in 678 |
| Tennessee | #198 | 46 | 1 in 799 |
| Wisconsin | #204 | 30 | 1 in 781 |
| Maine | #206 | 6 | 1 in 641 |
| Ohio | #212 | 61 | 1 in 861 |
| Kentucky | #213 | 26 | 1 in 790 |
| Missouri | #218 | 32 | 1 in 869 |
| Indiana | #219 | 38 | 1 in 833 |
| Kansas | #219 | 18 | 1 in 780 |
| Pennsylvania | #220 | 57 | 1 in 917 |
| South Dakota | #221 | 6 | 1 in 641 |
| Montana | #227 | 5 | 1 in 753 |
| Nevada | #230 | 13 | 1 in 869 |
| Louisiana | #253 | 20 | 1 in 957 |
| Washington | #267 | 28 | 1 in 1,171 |
| Michigan | #270 | 37 | 1 in 1,086 |
| Alabama | #274 | 20 | 1 in 1,076 |
| Virginia | #289 | 29 | 1 in 1,285 |
| Texas | #292 | 132 | 1 in 1,326 |
| Colorado | #305 | 21 | 1 in 1,279 |
| Georgia | #308 | 40 | 1 in 1,256 |
| Mississippi | #312 | 10 | 1 in 1,084 |
| Arizona | #332 | 23 | 1 in 1,423 |
| South Carolina | #348 | 15 | 1 in 1,413 |
| Illinois | #350 | 30 | 1 in 1,652 |
| Minnesota | #373 | 15 | 1 in 1,633 |
| Florida | #384 | 50 | 1 in 1,911 |
| Maryland | #407 | 12 | 1 in 1,908 |
| North Carolina | #407 | 27 | 1 in 1,906 |
| California | #448 | 71 | 1 in 2,471 |
| New York | #692 | 21 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Colt
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 64 spots since 2020 (#221 → #285)
- 53 spots since 2015 (#338 → #285)
- Biggest jump: 1,958 spots in 1982
- Biggest drop: 159 spots in 2003
Rise & fade · boys
62 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2019 at #210 (1,833 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1982–2002
Share of babies · boys
1 in 979
- Highest: 1 in 979 boys born in 2019 were named Colt (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,438 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 41.8% of all boys named Colt (11,656) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 25 | #2,642 (1958) | #2,979 |
| 1960s | 78 | #2,084 (1965) | #2,823 |
| 1970s | 141 | #2,358 (1974) | #2,798 |
| 1980s | 2,117 | #442 (1983) | #1,190 |
| 1990s | 2,218 | #653 (1994) | #708 |
| 2000s | 3,031 | #369 (2009) | #796 |
| 2010s | 11,656 | #210 (2019) | #305 |
| 2020s | 8,603 | #221 (2021) | #251 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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