NameTides

Colter

Colter was the #157 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,354 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #176 in Canada.

Colter as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Colter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Colter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#157 (2,354)#1,466 (18)—#176 (194)
2024#218 (1,649)#2,922 (7)#785 (3)#236 (141)
2023#321 (1,035)——#333 (90)
2022#430 (720)#4,790 (3)—#432 (67)
2021#629 (438)——#695 (39)
2020#972 (221)——#822 (29)
2019#968 (221)——#941 (24)
2018#1,228 (151)——#964 (23)
2017#1,264 (144)——#1,852 (9)
2016#1,356 (131)——#1,831 (9)
2015#1,266 (142)——#1,458 (12)
2014#1,158 (163)——#1,381 (13)
2013#1,253 (140)——#1,654 (10)
2012#1,195 (150)——#1,466 (12)
2011#1,178 (150)——#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #157.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 730 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 730common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 820common

Next year

On its recent trend, Colter is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 460 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 430 to 1 in 500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Colter by state, 2025Alaska: #35AKMaine: #54MEWisconsin: #85WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: #110NHWashington: #104WAIdaho: #39IDMontana: #10MTNorth Dakota: #10NDMinnesota: #101MNIllinois: #230ILMichigan: #136MINew York: #345NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #51ORNevada: #267NVWyoming: #35WYSouth Dakota: #19SDIowa: #55IAIndiana: #112INOhio: #135OHPennsylvania: #160PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: #361CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #401CAUtah: #80UTColorado: #102CONebraska: #78NEMissouri: #68MOKentucky: #65KYWest Virginia: #54WVVirginia: #174VAMaryland: #243MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #143AZNew Mexico: #193NMKansas: #74KSArkansas: #69ARTennessee: #75TNNorth Carolina: #163NCSouth Carolina: #120SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #64OKLouisiana: #162LAMississippi: #157MSAlabama: #131ALGeorgia: #195GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #223TXFlorida: #314FL
Colter (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#32241

Colter (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ColterCanadaBoys#176194
ColterEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
ColterIrelandBoys—too few
ColterNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ColterUSBoys#1572,354