Kolt

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 151 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
151
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kolt by the numbers

Kolt was given to 151 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Kolt

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kolt. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kolvoice25 in the US (2017)
  • Kortshort; a form of Curt13 in the US (2017)
  • Kole313 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kolt

Names that are said the same way as Kolt, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Coltyoung horse1,329 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kolt

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