Colton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning dark settlement; coal town.
How Colton has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #60 |
| 2016 | #68 |
| 2017 | #70 |
| 2018 | #68 |
| 2019 | #59 |
| 2020 | #66 |
| 2021 | #74 |
| 2022 | #91 |
| 2023 | #94 |
| 2024 | #98 |
| 2025 | #103 |
Colton by the numbers
In 2025, 53 babies in England and Wales were named Colton. In the US, 5,261 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 6,479 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Colton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Coltendark settlement or coal town; a respelling of Colton358 in the US (2017)
- Colsoncoal-black; son of Cole321 in the US (2017)
- Coltyna form of Colton; colt settlement64 in the US (2017)
- Colstoncole's settlement; a place name used as a given name50 in the US (2017)
- Coltincoal town; a variant of Colton39 in the US (2017)
- Cottonfrom the cottage settlement17 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Colton
Names that are said the same way as Colton, 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 Colton, 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 Colton
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