Kolton
#594 for boys in 2025, 489 births
- Peak · boys
- 2012 · 796 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,169since 1982
Kolton over time
Rank among boys' names. Kolton has never cracked the top 300 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 | #594 | 489 |
| 2024 | #527 | 565 |
| 2023 | #519 | 569 |
| 2022 | #507 | 586 |
| 2021 | #511 | 578 |
| 2020 | #442 | 672 |
| 2019 | #434 | 705 |
| 2018 | #423 | 727 |
| 2017 | #447 | 686 |
| 2016 | #491 | 619 |
| 2015 | #414 | 753 |
| 2014 | #407 | 759 |
| 2013 | #381 | 789 |
| 2012 | #379 | 796 |
| 2011 | #403 | 706 |
| 2010 | #414 | 678 |
| 2009 | #468 | 582 |
| 2008 | #478 | 581 |
| 2007 | #585 | 437 |
| 2006 | #637 | 366 |
| 2005 | #624 | 355 |
| 2004 | #639 | 329 |
| 2003 | #614 | 339 |
| 2002 | #571 | 385 |
| 2001 | #612 | 315 |
| 2000 | #611 | 314 |
| 1999 | #580 | 335 |
| 1998 | #608 | 302 |
| 1997 | #593 | 299 |
| 1996 | #555 | 334 |
| 1995 | #613 | 281 |
| 1994 | #732 | 206 |
| 1993 | #804 | 173 |
| 1992 | #836 | 159 |
| 1991 | #967 | 121 |
| 1990 | #1,072 | 98 |
| 1989 | #1,184 | 81 |
| 1988 | #1,576 | 46 |
| 1987 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kolton! It came in at #5,003, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1984, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kolton is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#129 · 1 in 464
- Arkansas#198 · 1 in 793
- Kentucky#209 · 1 in 924
- Ohio#209 · 1 in 980
- Iowa#214 · 1 in 796
Best ever in a state: #115 in West Virginia, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #129 | 18 | 1 in 464 |
| Arkansas | #198 | 18 | 1 in 793 |
| Kentucky | #209 | 24 | 1 in 924 |
| Ohio | #209 | 61 | 1 in 980 |
| Iowa | #214 | 19 | 1 in 796 |
| South Dakota | #238 | 5 | 1 in 816 |
| Wisconsin | #241 | 25 | 1 in 1,092 |
| Mississippi | #261 | 11 | 1 in 1,223 |
| Missouri | #263 | 26 | 1 in 1,221 |
| Idaho | #266 | 8 | 1 in 1,012 |
| Nevada | #272 | 12 | 1 in 1,107 |
| Alabama | #274 | 17 | 1 in 1,306 |
| Indiana | #276 | 29 | 1 in 1,230 |
| Minnesota | #278 | 20 | 1 in 1,385 |
| Michigan | #281 | 35 | 1 in 1,361 |
| Tennessee | #284 | 25 | 1 in 1,432 |
| Kansas | #293 | 13 | 1 in 1,238 |
| South Carolina | #295 | 14 | 1 in 1,494 |
| Virginia | #301 | 26 | 1 in 1,609 |
| Louisiana | #325 | 16 | 1 in 1,511 |
| North Carolina | #328 | 28 | 1 in 1,806 |
| New Mexico | #356 | 6 | 1 in 1,616 |
| Pennsylvania | #365 | 26 | 1 in 2,317 |
| Colorado | #366 | 15 | 1 in 1,810 |
| Illinois | #379 | 31 | 1 in 2,146 |
| Georgia | #392 | 25 | 1 in 2,160 |
| Florida | #394 | 38 | 1 in 2,420 |
| Oklahoma | #401 | 11 | 1 in 1,842 |
| Utah | #402 | 11 | 1 in 1,969 |
| Oregon | #407 | 9 | 1 in 2,008 |
| Texas | #444 | 64 | 1 in 2,776 |
| Arizona | #466 | 13 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Washington | #477 | 13 | 1 in 2,763 |
| Maryland | #478 | 9 | 1 in 3,082 |
| New York | #638 | 22 | 1 in 4,741 |
| California | #877 | 26 | 1 in 8,865 |
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See more about Kolton
- 67 spots since 2024 (#527 → #594)
- 152 spots since 2020 (#442 → #594)
- 180 spots since 2015 (#414 → #594)
- Biggest jump: 131 spots in 1992 (#967 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 77 spots in 2016 (#414 → #491)
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2012 at #379 (796 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1991–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,383 boys born in 2012 were named Kolton (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,493 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 42.0% of all boys named Kolton (7,218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 181 | #1,184 (1989) | #3,834 |
| 1990s | 2,308 | #555 (1996) | #736 |
| 2000s | 4,003 | #468 (2009) | #584 |
| 2010s | 7,218 | #379 (2012) | #419 |
| 2020s | 3,459 | #442 (2020) | #517 |
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.
Kolton in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 2,383 of them was named Kolton, which outranked 97.3% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.