Kolton

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning coal settlement; a form of Colton.

Babies a year
679
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#594
down from #529
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies

How Kolton has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#366#505#644201520202025#594

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YearUS rank
2015#416
2016#491
2017#448
2018#423
2019#434
2020#442
2021#509
2022#507
2023#517
2024#529
2025#594

Kolton by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Kolton. In the US, 679 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 793 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Koltencoal settlement; a form of colton245 in the US (2017)
  • Keltonsettlement by the spring; a form of Kelton104 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)
  • Kolson61 in the US (2017)
  • Koltin25 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kolton

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

  • Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
  • Coltendark settlement or coal town; a respelling of Colton358 in the US (2017)
  • Coltyna form of Colton; colt settlement64 in the US (2017)
  • Coltincoal town; a variant of Colton39 in the US (2017)
  • Coltan18 in the US (2017)
  • Kohlton14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kolton

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