Colten
A boys’ name of English origin, meaning dark settlement or coal town; a respelling of Colton.
Babies a year
358
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#966
down from #895
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
How Colten has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #550 |
| 2016 | #609 |
| 2017 | #687 |
| 2018 | #659 |
| 2019 | #696 |
| 2020 | #755 |
| 2021 | #851 |
| 2022 | #920 |
| 2023 | #921 |
| 2024 | #895 |
| 2025 | #966 |
Colten by the numbers
Colten was given to 358 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 757 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Colten. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Coltercolt herder; one who tends young horses142 in the US (2017)
- Coltyna form of Colton; colt settlement64 in the US (2017)
- Coltincoal town; a variant of Colton39 in the US (2017)
- Collenyoung man; a form of Colm11 in the US (2017)
- Colden40 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Colten
Names that are said the same way as Colten, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Koltoncoal settlement; a form of Colton679 in the US (2017)
- Koltencoal settlement; a form of colton245 in the US (2017)
- Koltyncoal settlement; a modern respelling of Colton56 in the US (2017)
- Kholtona form of Colton or Holton with kh- spelling5 in the US (2017)
- Koltin25 in the US (2017)
- Coltan18 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Colten, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)
- Sullivandark-eyed or black-eyed one165 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Colten
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