Colt
Rank in 2025
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recorded as girls
#285
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,188
boys 1,188
Peak year
2019
1,833 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
27,880
since 1957
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Colt was most popular in 2019, when 1,833 babies recorded as boys got the name (1.0 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,188 babies were named Colt, ranking #285 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 25%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 1,188 | 285 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 1,227 | 276 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 1,304 | 264 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 1,462 | 240 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 1,736 | 221 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 1,686 | 221 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 1,833 | 210 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 1,628 | 236 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 1,333 | 271 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 1,033 | 337 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 1,018 | 338 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 979 | 339 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 975 | 333 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 958 | 331 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 954 | 327 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 945 | 331 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 821 | 369 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 502 | 532 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 428 | 593 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 212 | 910 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 186 | 937 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 143 | 1101 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 157 | 1007 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 195 | 848 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 190 | 847 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 197 | 816 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 194 | 790 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 210 | 759 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 242 | 673 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 246 | 670 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 236 | 692 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 254 | 653 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 236 | 669 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 225 | 690 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 201 | 715 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 174 | 768 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 167 | 767 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 194 | 676 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 266 | 557 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 224 | 592 |
| 1985 | 5 | 10677 | 271 | 530 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 273 | 517 |
| 1983 | 6 | 9015 | 351 | 442 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 344 | 460 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 20 | 2418 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 7 | 4940 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 20 | 2379 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 9 | 3857 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 16 | 2665 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 13 | 2946 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 15 | 2637 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 17 | 2358 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 13 | 2716 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 14 | 2534 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 16 | 2366 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 8 | 3521 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 10 | 2861 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 7 | 3365 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 6 | 3559 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 11 | 2465 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 15 | 2084 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 10 | 2673 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 8 | 3041 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 11 | 2538 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 8 | 3037 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 10 | 2642 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 7 | 3257 |
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Where Colt is most popular
- Montana4.3×
- West Virginia3.9×
- South Dakota3.0×
- Idaho2.9×
- North Dakota2.7×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years