Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: EnglishColton is a masculine given name, meaning "coal town", "Cola's town", or "dark town". Prominent individuals with this name include:
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Colton yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Colton peaked twice, years apart: 6,488 births in 2013 by raw count, #59 by rank six years later in 2019. The 44% decline since brought it to 3,588 births and #98 in 2024.
This name's own records start in 1913, more than three decades into the dataset, and total US births reach 148,712 over that span.
Reality TV and film actor Colton Haynes is the only namesake the enrichment data offers — a single contemporary figure for a name whose popularity has already peaked and turned.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 6 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,030 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,268 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,467 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,326 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,324 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,315 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,874 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,876 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,623 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,487 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,923 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,637 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,173 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,435 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,337 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,414 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,913 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1956 | 8 | #3,013 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,613 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,396 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,076 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,896 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,567 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,197 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,828 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,376 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,044 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,152 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,135 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,298 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,878 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,758 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,534 |
| 1976 | 31 | #1,681 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,750 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,928 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,718 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,702 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,339 |
| 1982 | 122 | #802 |
| 1983 | 118 | #805 |
| 1984 | 130 | #759 |
| 1985 | 173 | #674 |
| 1986 | 236 | #577 |
| 1987 | 324 | #494 |
| 1988 | 880 | #268 |
| 1989 | 1,925 | #157 |
| 1990 | 2,235 | #139 |
| 1991 | 2,246 | #144 |
| 1992 | 2,548 | #133 |
| 1993 | 2,750 | #126 |
| 1994 | 2,857 | #121 |
| 1995 | 3,587 | #105 |
| 1996 | 3,788 | #105 |
| 1997 | 3,600 | #108 |
| 1998 | 3,573 | #106 |
| 1999 | 3,288 | #109 |
| 2000 | 3,410 | #110 |
| 2001 | 3,246 | #118 |
| 2002 | 3,047 | #128 |
| 2003 | 2,953 | #135 |
| 2004 | 2,955 | #135 |
| 2005 | 2,657 | #155 |
| 2006 | 3,003 | #135 |
| 2007 | 3,657 | #118 |
| 2008 | 4,550 | #98 |
| 2009 | 4,771 | #93 |
| 2010 | 5,320 | #73 |
| 2011 | 5,601 | #74 |
| 2012 | 6,362 | #65 |
| 2013 | 6,488 | #65 |
| 2014 | 6,401 | #65 |
| 2015 | 6,314 | #60 |
| 2016 | 5,623 | #68 |
| 2017 | 5,294 | #70 |
| 2018 | 5,314 | #68 |
| 2019 | 5,738 | #59 |
| 2020 | 5,022 | #66 |
| 2021 | 4,562 | #75 |
| 2022 | 3,925 | #91 |
| 2023 | 3,705 | #94 |
| 2024 | 3,588 | #98 |
