Kolton

“Variant of Colton — Coal town, or dark settlement” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #594 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Kolton's best rank, #379, came in 2012; it has settled back to #594 today. Roughly 17,000 boys have been named Kolton since 1982. In West Virginia and Kentucky it runs 3–4× its national rate. Kolton is the less common spelling of Colton — about 13% of babies given the name are written this way; Colton itself ranked #103 in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,700 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 6,500 boys in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Koltons

Kolton Miller — American football offensive tackle
Kolton Kohl — American college basketball player
Kolton Ingram — American baseball player
Kolton Lee — British film director and writer
Kolton Browning — American Football Quarterback

Similar names: Colton · Ryland · Colt · Kamden · Layton · Paxton

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