Colton

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #103 for boys in 2025, 3,420 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2019 · 5,739 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
17 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
151,965
since 1913

Colton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #59, 2019boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#1033,420
2024—#983,600
2023#12,1977#943,707
2022—#913,926
2021#13,4646#754,566
2020—#665,025
2019—#595,739
2018#10,5459#685,314
2017#10,6899#705,294
2016#14,3316#685,624
2015#11,8358#606,318
2014#10,9559#656,405
2013#14,5826#656,490
2012#14,9626#656,362
2011#11,1819#745,601
2010—#735,321
2009#15,2426#934,771
2008—#984,550
2007#12,6768#1183,657
2006—#1353,003
2005#11,8348#1552,657
2004#5,96920#1352,955
2003#13,8446#1352,953
2002#13,5956#1283,047
2001—#1183,246
2000—#1113,410
1999—#1093,288
1998#14,1225#1063,573
1997#10,8367#1083,600
1996#6,72313#1053,788
1995#10,5147#1053,588
1994—#1212,857
1993#8,05210#1262,750
1992#8,7349#1332,548
1991—#1452,245
1990#6,46513#1392,235
1989#12,3625#1571,925
1988#11,7985#268879
1987—#494324
1986—#577236
1985—#674173
1984—#756131
1983—#805118
1982—#802122
1981—#1,33449
1980—#1,69534
1979—#1,71133
1978—#1,91326
1977—#1,74330
1976—#1,67731
1975—#1,53034
1974—#1,74727
1973—#1,78225
1972—#1,87123
1971—#2,27917
1970—#2,12518
1969—#2,13016
1968—#2,03016
1967—#2,35212
1966—#1,81418
1965—#2,17814
1964—#2,54611
1963—#2,8589
1962—#2,50411
1961—#2,07016
1960—#3,3377
1959—#2,8219
1958—#3,5596
1957—#2,8229
1956—#2,9698
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1953—#3,7985
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1950—#2,32111
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Colton! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Colton is popular in 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #55 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 189 boysAKMaine: #117 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 589 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Colton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #149 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 904 boysNHWashington: #66 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 284 boysWAIdaho: #46 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 164 boysIDMontana: #34 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 121 boysMTNorth Dakota: #67 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 213 boysNDMinnesota: #87 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 350 boysMNIllinois: #133 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 677 boysILWisconsin: #74 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 320 boysWIMichigan: #136 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 738 boysMINew York: #348 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 2,549 boysNYMassachusetts: #245 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,216 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Colton, so not publishedRIOregon: #71 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 276 boysORNevada: #83 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 331 boysNVWyoming: #26 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 86 boysWYSouth Dakota: #97 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 346 boysSDIowa: #37 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 139 boysIAIndiana: #85 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 334 boysINOhio: #101 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 483 boysOHPennsylvania: #112 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 601 boysPANew Jersey: #357 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,096 boysNJConnecticut: #263 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,146 boysCTCalifornia: #237 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 1,383 boysCAUtah: #30 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 124 boysUTColorado: #97 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 354 boysCONebraska: #52 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 173 boysNEMissouri: #88 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 346 boysMOKentucky: #86 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 414 boysKYWest Virginia: #58 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 210 boysWVVirginia: #141 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 848 boysVAMaryland: #222 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,476 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Colton, so not publishedDEArizona: #104 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 406 boysAZNew Mexico: #158 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 597 boysNMKansas: #47 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 195 boysKSArkansas: #37 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 153 boysARTennessee: #74 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 342 boysTNNorth Carolina: #126 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 711 boysNCSouth Carolina: #175 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 906 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Colton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #29 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 116 boysOKLouisiana: #119 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 567 boysLAMississippi: #62 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 307 boysMSAlabama: #69 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 334 boysALGeorgia: #124 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 673 boysGAHawaii: #168 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 742 boysHITexas: #69 for boys · 508 births · 1 in 301 boysTXFlorida: #136 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 679 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#26 · 1 in 86
  2. Oklahoma#29 · 1 in 116
  3. Utah#30 · 1 in 124
  4. Montana#34 · 1 in 121
  5. Iowa#37 · 1 in 139

Best ever in a state: #5 in West Virginia, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#26231 in 86
Oklahoma#291681 in 116
Utah#301421 in 124
Montana#34341 in 121
Arkansas#37911 in 153
Iowa#371181 in 139
Idaho#46441 in 164
Kansas#47781 in 195
Nebraska#52581 in 173
Alaska#55191 in 189
West Virginia#58451 in 210
Mississippi#62491 in 307
Washington#661171 in 284
North Dakota#67181 in 213
Alabama#69741 in 334
Texas#695081 in 301
Oregon#71701 in 276
Tennessee#741011 in 342
Wisconsin#74921 in 320
Nevada#83301 in 331
Indiana#851141 in 334
Kentucky#86561 in 414
Minnesota#87811 in 350
Missouri#88991 in 346
Colorado#97691 in 354
South Dakota#97121 in 346
Ohio#1011491 in 483
Arizona#104801 in 406
Pennsylvania#1121181 in 601
Maine#117101 in 589
Louisiana#119481 in 567
Georgia#124721 in 673
North Carolina#126631 in 711
Illinois#1331221 in 677
Florida#1361251 in 679
Michigan#136821 in 738
Virginia#141471 in 848
New Hampshire#14971 in 904
New Mexico#158181 in 597
Hawaii#16881 in 742
South Carolina#175221 in 906
Maryland#222201 in 1,476
California#2371881 in 1,383
Massachusetts#245171 in 2,216
Connecticut#26391 in 2,146
New York#348481 in 2,549
New Jersey#357161 in 3,096
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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 Colton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#98 → #103)
  • 37 spots since 2020 (#66 → #103)
  • 43 spots since 2015 (#60 → #103)
  • Biggest jump: 532 spots in 1982 (#1,334 → #802)
  • Biggest drop: 20 spots in 2005 (#135 → #155)
Rise & fade · boys
106 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 2019 at #59 (5,739 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 17 yrs · run 2008–2024
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1982–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 291
  • Highest: 1 in 291 boys born in 2013 were named Colton (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 499 boys born in 2025 (0.20%)
  • Its best rank, #59 in 2019, was only 1 in 313 (0.32%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 38.5% of all boys named Colton (58,468) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#2,496 (1913)#3,197
1920s28#3,208 (1920)#4,028
1930s24#2,449 (1939)#3,381
1940s24#2,871 (1940)#3,222
1950s60#2,321 (1950)#3,138
1960s130#1,814 (1966)#2,382
1970s264#1,530 (1975)#1,838
1980s3,991#157 (1989)#756
1990s30,472#105 (1996)#120
2000s34,249#93 (2009)#123
2010s58,468#59 (2019)#67
2020s24,244#66 (2020)#88

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.

Colton in 1995

girls
#10,514
7 births · 1 in 251,221 girls
boys
#105
3,588 births · 1 in 531 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #10,514Colton7

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #105Colton3,588
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 251,221 of them was named Colton, which outranked 33.3% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Colton
  1. #9,553Zhanae8
  2. #9,553Zharia8
  3. #9,553Zorina8
  4. #10,514Colton7
  5. #10,514Aariona7
  6. #10,514Abbigael7
  7. #10,514Abena7
  8. #11,783Aailyah6
  9. #11,783Aalliyah6
  10. #11,783Aanisah6

Tied with 1,268 names at #10,514; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 531 of them was named Colton, which outranked 99.0% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Colton
  1. #102Mason3,631
  2. #103Shane3,630
  3. #104Spencer3,618
  4. #105Colton3,588
  5. #106Brett3,567
  6. #107Alejandro3,531
  7. #108Jake3,509
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →