NameTides

Colten

Colten was the #965 boys' name in the US in 2025 (238 babies), and #1,500 in Canada.

Colten as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Colten as a boy’s name, US, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Colten as a boy’s name, US, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSScotlandCanada
2025#965 (238)—#1,500 (15)
2024#899 (263)—#1,507 (14)
2023#921 (250)—#1,015 (23)
2022#923 (250)—#989 (23)
2021#852 (276)—#1,039 (22)
2020#755 (320)—#999 (22)
2019#694 (362)—#882 (26)
2018#658 (384)—#712 (35)
2017#687 (362)—#681 (37)
2016#608 (443)—#738 (34)
2015#549 (521)—#690 (37)
2014#474 (608)#680 (3)#599 (45)
2013#443 (648)—#497 (56)
2012#406 (721)—#445 (62)
2011#386 (750)—#498 (54)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #386.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Colten is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,500 to 1 in 7,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Colten by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #452INOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Colten (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ColtenCanadaBoys#1,50015
ColtenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ColtenScotlandBoys—too few
ColtenUSBoys#965238