# Colten (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/colten/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,358 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,358 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Modern re-spelling of Colton.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 750 | 386 |
| 2012 | 721 | 407 |
| 2013 | 648 | 443 |
| 2014 | 608 | 474 |
| 2015 | 521 | 550 |
| 2016 | 443 | 608 |
| 2017 | 362 | 687 |
| 2018 | 384 | 658 |
| 2019 | 362 | 694 |
| 2020 | 320 | 755 |
| 2021 | 276 | 852 |
| 2022 | 250 | 923 |
| 2023 | 250 | 923 |
| 2024 | 263 | 899 |
| 2025 | 238 | 966 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.