Colton

Where Colton comes from

From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Colton
  • 2 syllables
Colton through the years
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,496 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Colton Ford born
    American singer and pornographic film actor
  3. 1986
    Colton Haynes born
    American actor and model
  4. 2019
    Peak, #59
    5,739 babies named Colton, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Colton Haynes · American actor and model, born 1986
  • Colton Ford · American singer and pornographic film actor, 1962–2025
  • Colton Parayko · Canadian ice hockey defenceman, born 1993
  • Colton Herta · American racing driver, born 2000
  • Colton Iverson · American basketball player, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.