Kolter
- #599 for boys in 2025, 476 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 476 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,938since 1987
Kolter over time
Rank among boys' names. Kolter has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #599 | 476 |
| 2024 | #834 | 297 |
| 2023 | #1,084 | 198 |
| 2022 | #1,347 | 139 |
| 2021 | #1,841 | 84 |
| 2020 | #2,212 | 62 |
| 2019 | #2,421 | 55 |
| 2018 | #2,994 | 39 |
| 2017 | #3,193 | 36 |
| 2016 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #2,766 | 43 |
| 2014 | #2,516 | 49 |
| 2013 | #3,405 | 31 |
| 2012 | #2,716 | 44 |
| 2011 | #3,114 | 36 |
| 2010 | #3,633 | 29 |
| 2009 | #3,551 | 30 |
| 2008 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #3,524 | 29 |
| 2005 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
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| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kolter! It came in at #4,968, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1988, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kolter is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#179 · 1 in 655
- Iowa#206 · 1 in 728
- North Dakota#226 · 1 in 671
- Montana#227 · 1 in 753
- Mississippi#239 · 1 in 834
Best ever in a state: #160 in South Dakota, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #179 | 27 | 1 in 655 |
| Iowa | #206 | 19 | 1 in 728 |
| North Dakota | #226 | 5 | 1 in 671 |
| Montana | #227 | 5 | 1 in 753 |
| Mississippi | #239 | 13 | 1 in 834 |
| Utah | #248 | 21 | 1 in 936 |
| South Dakota | #257 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| West Virginia | #299 | 6 | 1 in 1,026 |
| Alabama | #315 | 17 | 1 in 1,266 |
| Kentucky | #319 | 16 | 1 in 1,284 |
| Arkansas | #332 | 10 | 1 in 1,259 |
| Nebraska | #335 | 7 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Kansas | #352 | 10 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Missouri | #368 | 17 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Tennessee | #372 | 22 | 1 in 1,671 |
| Ohio | #411 | 26 | 1 in 2,021 |
| Wisconsin | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,130 |
| Oregon | #438 | 8 | 1 in 1,882 |
| Indiana | #452 | 15 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Washington | #502 | 14 | 1 in 2,343 |
| Minnesota | #552 | 9 | 1 in 2,722 |
| Arizona | #559 | 12 | 1 in 2,727 |
| Texas | #588 | 53 | 1 in 3,303 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Illinois | #632 | 14 | 1 in 3,539 |
| Michigan | #679 | 11 | 1 in 3,654 |
| Pennsylvania | #704 | 12 | 1 in 4,355 |
| Georgia | #756 | 12 | 1 in 4,185 |
| North Carolina | #873 | 9 | 1 in 5,719 |
| Florida | #1,056 | 12 | 1 in 7,961 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| New York | #1,119 | 10 | 1 in 8,442 |
| California | #1,582 | 10 | 1 in 17,547 |
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See more about Kolter
- 1,613 spots since 2020 (#2,212 → #599)
- Biggest jump: 250 spots in 2024
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 2025 at #599 (476 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,588 boys born in 2025 were named Kolter (0.03%)
- 64.8% of all boys named Kolter (1,256) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15 | #4,968 (1987) | #5,599 |
| 1990s | 87 | #4,114 (1992) | #6,334 |
| 2000s | 186 | #3,524 (2006) | #5,233 |
| 2010s | 394 | #2,421 (2019) | #3,020 |
| 2020s | 1,256 | #599 (2025) | #1,320 |
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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