Colton
The 2025 national count puts Colton at #103, drifting down from its high. On the books since 1913, peaking in 2013: 151,965 American children so far.
Colton’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Colton, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Colton since 1913
Colton peaked in 2013 at #65; #103 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Colton is most common
Among the states, Colton takes its largest share in Alaska, 1.19% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Maine and New Hampshire next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Colton
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Christian
#96 in 2025
Cora
#113 in 2025 · Greek
Callum
#118 in 2025 · Gaelic
Carson
#124 in 2025
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Carlos
#150 in 2025 · Teutonic
Claire
#68 in 2025 · Latin
Colter
#157 in 2025
Browse: names starting with C · all names
About Colton
Where does Colton rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Colton at #103, drifting down from its high. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1913.
What does Colton mean?
No recorded meaning in the references we are allowed to cite, Colton keeps its mystery, and we keep our sourcing rule.
Which names sit near Colton?
Christian, Cora and Callum sit nearest to Colton on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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