# Colton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/colton/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “coal”, “settlement” |
| Pronunciation | /koʊl.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Coltyn, Coltin, Koltyn |
| US babies named this | 152,174 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 151,965 / 209 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 684, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 20 | 6,027 |
| 2005 | 8 | 12,075 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12,941 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,667 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11,392 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,395 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,040 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,190 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,091 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,732 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10,887 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,754 |
| 2021 | 6 | 13,870 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,426 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,574 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,601 | 74 |
| 2012 | 6,362 | 65 |
| 2013 | 6,490 | 65 |
| 2014 | 6,405 | 65 |
| 2015 | 6,318 | 60 |
| 2016 | 5,624 | 68 |
| 2017 | 5,294 | 70 |
| 2018 | 5,314 | 68 |
| 2019 | 5,739 | 59 |
| 2020 | 5,025 | 66 |
| 2021 | 4,566 | 75 |
| 2022 | 3,926 | 91 |
| 2023 | 3,707 | 94 |
| 2024 | 3,600 | 98 |
| 2025 | 3,420 | 103 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 32 | 927 |
| 2013 | 31 | 931 |
| 2014 | 33 | 889 |
| 2015 | 41 | 779 |
| 2016 | 35 | 884 |
| 2017 | 45 | 761 |
| 2018 | 29 | 985 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,030 |
| 2020 | 45 | 723 |
| 2021 | 58 | 632 |
| 2022 | 67 | 561 |
| 2023 | 39 | 827 |
| 2024 | 54 | 678 |
| 2025 | 53 | 679 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: كولتون
- Japanese: コルトン
- Spanish: Colton

## People named Colton

- Colton Haynes, American actor and model
- Colton Ford, American singer and pornographic film actor
- Colton Parayko, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Colton Herta, American racing driver
- Colton Iverson, American basketball player
- Colton Dunn, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
- Colton Sissons, Canadian ice hockey player
- Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and musician
- Colton Harris-Moore, American criminal
- Colton Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player
- Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player

## 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.