Kolt

“Variant of Colt — young male horse; or short for Colton, meaning coal town” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #1414 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Kolt is near its high-water mark: it reached #1024 in 2020 and still ranked #1414 in 2025. About 3,100 boys have carried it since 1982. Kolt is the less common spelling of Colt — about 10% of babies given the name are written this way; Colt itself ranked #285 in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 13,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Similar names: Colt · Loki · Kole · Wolfgang · Kolbe · Kolten

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