Kolton

#594 for boys in 2025, 489 births

Peak · boys
2012 · 796 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,169
since 1982

Kolton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kolton has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #379, 2012boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#594489
2024#527565
2023#519569
2022#507586
2021#511578
2020#442672
2019#434705
2018#423727
2017#447686
2016#491619
2015#414753
2014#407759
2013#381789
2012#379796
2011#403706
2010#414678
2009#468582
2008#478581
2007#585437
2006#637366
2005#624355
2004#639329
2003#614339
2002#571385
2001#612315
2000#611314
1999#580335
1998#608302
1997#593299
1996#555334
1995#613281
1994#732206
1993#804173
1992#836159
1991#967121
1990#1,07298
1989#1,18481
1988#1,57646
1987#2,94217
1986#4,4579
1985#4,6988
1984#6,3155
1983#4,4998
1982#5,0037
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First appearance
1982

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 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedNHWashington: #571 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,232 boysWAIdaho: #346 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,317 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #189 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 578 boysNDMinnesota: #373 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,805 boysMNIllinois: #420 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 2,294 boysILWisconsin: #322 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,444 boysWIMichigan: #332 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,601 boysMINew York: #574 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 3,752 boysNYMassachusetts: #623 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,803 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedRIOregon: #615 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,475 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedSDIowa: #502 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,477 boysIAIndiana: #390 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,914 boysINOhio: #247 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 1,101 boysOHPennsylvania: #438 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,646 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #787 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 6,741 boysCAUtah: #460 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,258 boysUTColorado: #623 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,779 boysCONebraska: #320 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,221 boysNEMissouri: #294 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,331 boysMOKentucky: #184 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 698 boysKYWest Virginia: #127 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 441 boysWVVirginia: #422 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,397 boysVAMaryland: #430 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,209 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedDEArizona: #613 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,847 boysAZNew Mexico: #266 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,012 boysNMKansas: #329 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,368 boysKSArkansas: #541 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,743 boysARTennessee: #393 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,015 boysTNNorth Carolina: #408 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,232 boysNCSouth Carolina: #321 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,500 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kolton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #435 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,934 boysOKLouisiana: #269 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,084 boysLAMississippi: #409 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,905 boysMSAlabama: #272 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,204 boysALGeorgia: #421 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,237 boysGAHawaii: #271 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 847 boysHITexas: #561 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 3,670 boysTXFlorida: #542 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 3,334 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#127 · 1 in 441
  2. Kentucky#184 · 1 in 698
  3. North Dakota#189 · 1 in 578
  4. Ohio#247 · 1 in 1,101
  5. New Mexico#266 · 1 in 1,012

Best ever in a state: #115 in West Virginia, 2011.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#127171 in 441
Kentucky#184311 in 698
North Dakota#18971 in 578
Ohio#247531 in 1,101
New Mexico#26681 in 1,012
Louisiana#269221 in 1,084
Hawaii#27151 in 847
Alabama#272191 in 1,204
Missouri#294231 in 1,331
Nebraska#32081 in 1,221
South Carolina#321141 in 1,500
Wisconsin#322181 in 1,444
Kansas#329111 in 1,368
Michigan#332291 in 1,601
Idaho#34661 in 1,317
Minnesota#373151 in 1,805
Indiana#390181 in 1,914
Tennessee#393181 in 2,015
North Carolina#408231 in 2,232
Mississippi#40971 in 1,905
Illinois#420271 in 2,294
Georgia#421241 in 2,237
Virginia#422171 in 2,397
Maryland#430121 in 2,209
Oklahoma#435101 in 1,934
Pennsylvania#438221 in 2,646
Utah#46091 in 2,258
Iowa#50261 in 2,477
Arkansas#54151 in 2,743
Florida#542291 in 3,334
Texas#561481 in 3,670
Washington#571111 in 3,232
New York#574261 in 3,752
Arizona#61391 in 3,847
Oregon#61551 in 3,475
Colorado#62371 in 3,779
Massachusetts#62361 in 4,803
California#787321 in 6,741
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See more about Kolton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 2012 at #379 (796 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1991–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,383
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 42.0% of all boys named Kolton (7,218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s181#1,184 (1989)#3,834
1990s2,308#555 (1996)#736
2000s4,003#468 (2009)#584
2010s7,218#379 (2012)#419
2020s3,459#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 2017

boys
#447
686 births · 1 in 2,698 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #447Kolton686
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 2,698 of them was named Kolton, which outranked 96.9% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kolton
  1. #444Pablo700
  2. #445Cade697
  3. #446Jonas695
  4. #447Kolton686
  5. #447Dexter686
  6. #449Trenton683
  7. #450Tate682
  8. #451Hank680

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →