Colter

#157 for boys in 2025, 2,354 births

Peak · boys
2025 · 2,354 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,705
since 1971

Colter over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Colter has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#1572,354
2024#2181,649
2023#3211,035
2022#430720
2021#629438
2020#972221
2019#968221
2018#1,228151
2017#1,264144
2016#1,356131
2015#1,266142
2014#1,158163
2013#1,253140
2012#1,195150
2011#1,178150
2010#1,309131
2009#1,125164
2008#1,240140
2007#1,350124
2006#1,360119
2005#1,442102
2004#1,343109
2003#1,335103
2002#1,315101
2001#1,52779
2000#1,48782
1999#1,26997
1998#1,32290
1997#1,26391
1996#1,21792
1995#1,107105
1994#1,21889
1993#1,104103
1992#997118
1991#1,10398
1990#1,20182
1989#1,28172
1988#1,22369
1987#1,10675
1986#1,24260
1985#1,15865
1984#1,14463
1983#1,22256
1982#1,24256
1981#1,69534
1980#1,80831
1979#2,04825
1978#1,96525
1977#2,27020
1976#3,47110
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1973#5,1015
1972#4,9865
1971#4,3756
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Colter! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1975, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Colter is popular in 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedIDMontana: #145 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 824 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedNVWyoming: #133 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 780 boysWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,387 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 34,485 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedHITexas: #1,034 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 20,304 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Colter, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#133 · 1 in 780
  2. Montana#145 · 1 in 824
  3. Texas#1,034 · 1 in 20,304
  4. California#1,387 · 1 in 34,485

Best ever in a state: #10 in Montana, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#13351 in 780
Montana#14571 in 824
Texas#1,03471 in 20,304
California#1,38761 in 34,485
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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 Colter
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 61 spots since 2024 (#218#157)
  • 815 spots since 2020 (#972#157)
  • 1,109 spots since 2015 (#1,266#157)
  • Biggest jump: 343 spots in 2021 (#972#629)
  • Biggest drop: 107 spots in 1993 (#997#1,104)
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2025 at #157 (2,354 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 726
  • Highest: 1 in 726 boys born in 2025 were named Colter (0.14%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 59.9% of all boys named Colter (6,417) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s96#1,965 (1978)#3,459
1980s581#1,106 (1987)#1,312
1990s965#997 (1992)#1,180
2000s1,123#1,125 (2009)#1,352
2010s1,523#968 (2019)#1,218
2020s6,417#157 (2025)#455

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.

Colter in 1983

boys
#1,222
56 births · 1 in 32,010 boys

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #1,222Colter56
More about 1983

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 32,010 of them was named Colter, which outranked 83.4% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Colter
  1. #1,205Tavis57
  2. #1,205Thanh57
  3. #1,205Vidal57
  4. #1,222Colter56
  5. #1,222Cheyenne56
  6. #1,222Freeman56
  7. #1,222Hamilton56
  8. #1,239Ajay55
  9. #1,239Bjorn55
  10. #1,239Charley55

Tied with 16 names at #1,222; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 2,260Remington#3,108#848
  2. 2,159Trumaine#3,108#949
  3. 1,157Akeem#1,774#617
  4. 738Jacoby#1,654#916
  5. 655Deven#1,622#967
Fallers
  1. 284Marcello#969#1,253
  2. 275Schuyler#845#1,120
  3. 273Jessy#917#1,190
  4. 258Kennith#981#1,239
  5. 220Jarrad#933#1,153

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1983