NameTides

Kolt

Kolt was the #1,409 boys' name in the US in 2025 (129 babies), and #2,095 in Canada.

Kolt as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kolt as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Kolt as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,409 (129)—#2,095 (9)
2024#1,256 (157)—#1,654 (12)
2023#1,365 (137)—#1,283 (16)
2022#1,032 (214)—#1,415 (14)
2021#1,119 (182)—#1,406 (14)
2020#1,023 (202)—#1,176 (18)
2019#1,034 (200)—#1,530 (12)
2018#1,079 (183)#4,749 (3)#1,389 (13)
2017#1,213 (151)—#1,422 (13)
2016#1,413 (124)—#1,346 (14)
2015#1,438 (118)——
2014#1,432 (116)—#2,667 (5)
2013#1,291 (134)—#1,470 (12)
2012#1,514 (106)—#1,971 (8)
2011#1,448 (113)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,032.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 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 13,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kolt is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kolt by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kolt (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
KoltCanadaBoys#2,0959
KoltEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KoltNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KoltUSBoys#1,409129