NameTides

Colton

Colton was the #103 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,420 babies), and #679 in England & Wales and #171 in Canada.

Colton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Colton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesIreland
Colton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#103 (3,420)#679 (53)#243 (17)#199 (10)#676 (4)#171 (197)
2024#98 (3,600)#678 (54)#209 (20)#278 (6)#374 (10)#150 (220)
2023#94 (3,707)#827 (39)#241 (17)#169 (13)#516 (6)#157 (203)
2022#91 (3,926)#561 (67)#203 (21)#177 (12)#509 (6)#142 (237)
2021#75 (4,566)#632 (58)#207 (22)#211 (10)#364 (10)#113 (313)
2020#66 (5,025)#723 (45)#261 (15)#142 (17)#433 (8)#94 (350)
2019#59 (5,739)#1,030 (27)#189 (26)#242 (8)#764 (3)#78 (422)
2018#68 (5,314)#985 (29)#208 (22)#255 (7)#635 (4)#81 (413)
2017#70 (5,294)#761 (45)#250 (18)#229 (8)#710 (3)#93 (385)
2016#68 (5,624)#884 (35)#302 (13)#207 (10)#412 (8)#93 (398)
2015#60 (6,318)#779 (41)#248 (18)#259 (7)#615 (4)#103 (386)
2014#65 (6,405)#889 (33)#680 (3)#175 (14)#550 (5)#90 (425)
2013#65 (6,490)#931 (31)#366 (9)#271 (6)#711 (3)#68 (505)
2012#65 (6,362)#927 (32)#392 (8)#191 (11)#616 (4)#79 (481)
2011#74 (5,601)#1,688 (13)#491 (5)——#89 (444)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #65.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 500 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 500common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 830common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 810common

Next year

On its recent trend, Colton is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 540 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 500 to 1 in 590.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Colton by state, 2025Alaska: #13AKMaine: #29MEWisconsin: #85WIVermont: #48VTNew Hampshire: #27NHWashington: #118WAIdaho: #67IDMontana: #66MTNorth Dakota: #77NDMinnesota: #110MNIllinois: #130ILMichigan: #49MINew York: #125NYMassachusetts: #118MAOregon: #88ORNevada: #114NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #162IAIndiana: #116INOhio: #81OHPennsylvania: #72PANew Jersey: #107NJConnecticut: #90CTRhode Island: #71RICalifornia: #185CAUtah: #193UTColorado: #115CONebraska: #136NEMissouri: #77MOKentucky: #35KYWest Virginia: #23WVVirginia: #63VAMaryland: #105MDDelaware: #39DEArizona: #135AZNew Mexico: #179NMKansas: #189KSArkansas: #141ARTennessee: #53TNNorth Carolina: #68NCSouth Carolina: #47SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #187OKLouisiana: #103LAMississippi: #59MSAlabama: #54ALGeorgia: #89GAHawaii: #49HITexas: #180TXFlorida: #120FL
Colton (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#93127
Quebec2025#28417

Colton (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
ColtonCanadaBoys#171197
ColtonEngland & WalesBoys#67953
ColtonIrelandBoys#6764
ColtonNorthern IrelandBoys#19910
ColtonScotlandBoys#24317
ColtonUSGirls#13,2086
ColtonUSBoys#1033,420