Colton
Rank in 2025
#13208
recorded as girls
No rank in 2024 to compare: —
#103
recorded as boys
Down 5 since 2024
Babies in 2025
3,426
girls 6 · boys 3,420
Peak year
2013
6,490 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
152,174
since 1913
Born a Colton? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Colton was most popular in 2013, when 6,490 babies recorded as boys got the name (3.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 3,420 babies were named Colton, ranking #103 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 31%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 13208 | 3,420 | 103 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 3,600 | 98 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12197 | 3,707 | 94 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 3,926 | 91 |
| 2021 | 6 | 13464 | 4,566 | 75 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 5,025 | 66 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 5,739 | 59 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10545 | 5,314 | 68 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10689 | 5,294 | 70 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14331 | 5,624 | 68 |
| 2015 | 8 | 11835 | 6,318 | 60 |
| 2014 | 9 | 10955 | 6,405 | 65 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14582 | 6,490 | 65 |
| 2012 | 6 | 14962 | 6,362 | 65 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11181 | 5,601 | 74 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 5,321 | 73 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15242 | 4,771 | 93 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 4,550 | 98 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12676 | 3,657 | 118 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 3,003 | 135 |
| 2005 | 8 | 11834 | 2,657 | 155 |
| 2004 | 20 | 5969 | 2,955 | 135 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | 2,953 | 135 |
| 2002 | 6 | 13595 | 3,047 | 128 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 3,246 | 118 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 3,410 | 111 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 3,288 | 109 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14122 | 3,573 | 106 |
| 1997 | 7 | 10836 | 3,600 | 108 |
| 1996 | 13 | 6723 | 3,788 | 105 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10514 | 3,588 | 105 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 2,857 | 121 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8052 | 2,750 | 126 |
| 1992 | 9 | 8734 | 2,548 | 133 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 2,245 | 145 |
| 1990 | 13 | 6465 | 2,235 | 139 |
| 1989 | 5 | 12362 | 1,925 | 157 |
| 1988 | 5 | 11798 | 879 | 268 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 324 | 494 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 236 | 577 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 173 | 674 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 131 | 756 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 118 | 805 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 122 | 802 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 49 | 1334 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 34 | 1695 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 33 | 1711 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 26 | 1913 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 30 | 1743 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 31 | 1677 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 34 | 1530 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 27 | 1747 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 25 | 1782 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 23 | 1871 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 17 | 2279 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 18 | 2125 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 16 | 2130 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 16 | 2030 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 12 | 2352 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 18 | 1814 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 14 | 2178 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 11 | 2546 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 9 | 2858 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 11 | 2504 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 16 | 2070 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 7 | 3337 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 9 | 2821 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 9 | 2822 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 8 | 2969 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 5 | 3798 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 6 | 3364 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 11 | 2321 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 6 | 3370 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 6 | 3109 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 7 | 2871 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 9 | 2449 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 5 | 3776 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 5 | 3763 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 5 | 4197 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 5 | 4322 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 8 | 3208 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 6 | 2496 |
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Where Colton is most popular
- Vermont3.0×
- West Virginia2.8×
- New Hampshire2.8×
- Maine2.6×
- Delaware2.5×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years