Colt
#695 most common boys' name of all time · #1,558 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1957–2025
Rank among boys
#695
Rank overall
#1,558 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
27,880
Since 2016
14,430
Peak year
2019 #210
Best rank
#210 2019
Girls
Boys
peak 1,833/yr
Colt first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1,188 | 1,188 | #285 |
| 2024 | — | 1,227 | 1,227 | #277 |
| 2023 | — | 1,304 | 1,304 | #264 |
| 2022 | — | 1,462 | 1,462 | #240 |
| 2021 | — | 1,736 | 1,736 | #221 |
| 2020 | — | 1,686 | 1,686 | #221 |
| 2019 | — | 1,833 | 1,833 | #210 |
| 2018 | — | 1,628 | 1,628 | #236 |
| 2017 | — | 1,333 | 1,333 | #271 |
| 2016 | — | 1,033 | 1,033 | #338 |
| 2015 | — | 1,018 | 1,018 | #338 |
| 2014 | — | 979 | 979 | #339 |
| 2013 | — | 975 | 975 | #333 |
| 2012 | — | 958 | 958 | #331 |
| 2011 | — | 954 | 954 | #327 |
| 2010 | — | 945 | 945 | #331 |
| 2009 | — | 821 | 821 | #369 |
| 2008 | — | 502 | 502 | #533 |
| 2007 | — | 428 | 428 | #593 |
| 2006 | — | 212 | 212 | #911 |
| 2005 | — | 186 | 186 | #940 |
| 2004 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,109 |
| 2003 | — | 157 | 157 | #1,008 |
| 2002 | — | 195 | 195 | #853 |
| 2001 | — | 190 | 190 | #847 |
| 2000 | — | 197 | 197 | #817 |
| 1999 | — | 194 | 194 | #794 |
| 1998 | — | 210 | 210 | #763 |
| 1997 | — | 242 | 242 | #674 |
| 1996 | — | 246 | 246 | #671 |
| 1995 | — | 236 | 236 | #693 |
| 1994 | — | 254 | 254 | #653 |
| 1993 | — | 236 | 236 | #671 |
| 1992 | — | 225 | 225 | #691 |
| 1991 | — | 201 | 201 | #716 |
| 1990 | — | 174 | 174 | #771 |
| 1989 | — | 167 | 167 | #769 |
| 1988 | — | 194 | 194 | #676 |
| 1987 | — | 266 | 266 | #558 |
| 1986 | — | 224 | 224 | #594 |
| 1985 | 5 | 271 | 276 | #530 |
| 1984 | — | 273 | 273 | #517 |
| 1983 | 6 | 351 | 357 | #444 |
| 1982 | — | 344 | 344 | #460 |
| 1981 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,458 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,210 |
| 1979 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,422 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,012 |
| 1977 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,745 |
| 1976 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,032 |
| 1975 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,716 |
| 1974 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,435 |
| 1973 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,821 |
| 1972 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,631 |
| 1971 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,443 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,748 |
| 1969 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,030 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,603 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,882 |
| 1966 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,614 |
| 1965 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,174 |
| 1963 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,845 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,286 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,698 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,273 |
| 1958 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,815 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,545 |