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Colton

#232 most common boys' name of all time · #502 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1913–2025

Rank among boys
#232
Rank overall
#502 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
152,174
Since 2016
46,258
Peak year
2013 #65
Best rank
#59 2019
Girls Boys peak 6,496/yr
192019401960198020002020

Colton first appears in 1913. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 3,420 3,426 #103
2024 3,600 3,600 #98
2023 7 3,707 3,714 #94
2022 3,926 3,926 #91
2021 6 4,566 4,572 #75
2020 5,025 5,025 #66
2019 5,739 5,739 #59
2018 9 5,314 5,323 #68
2017 9 5,294 5,303 #70
2016 6 5,624 5,630 #68
2015 8 6,318 6,326 #60
2014 9 6,405 6,414 #65
2013 6 6,490 6,496 #65
2012 6 6,362 6,368 #65
2011 9 5,601 5,610 #74
2010 5,321 5,321 #73
2009 6 4,771 4,777 #93
2008 4,550 4,550 #98
2007 8 3,657 3,665 #118
2006 3,003 3,003 #135
2005 8 2,657 2,665 #155
2004 20 2,955 2,975 #135
2003 6 2,953 2,959 #135
2002 6 3,047 3,053 #128
2001 3,246 3,246 #118
2000 3,410 3,410 #111
1999 3,288 3,288 #109
1998 5 3,573 3,578 #106
1997 7 3,600 3,607 #108
1996 13 3,788 3,801 #105
1995 7 3,588 3,595 #105
1994 2,857 2,857 #121
1993 10 2,750 2,760 #126
1992 9 2,548 2,557 #134
1991 2,245 2,245 #145
1990 13 2,235 2,248 #139
1989 5 1,925 1,930 #157
1988 5 879 884 #268
1987 324 324 #495
1986 236 236 #578
1985 173 173 #676
1984 131 131 #758
1983 118 118 #808
1982 122 122 #802
1981 49 49 #1,345
1980 34 34 #1,712
1979 33 33 #1,733
1978 26 26 #1,936
1977 30 30 #1,757
1976 31 31 #1,686
1975 34 34 #1,540
1974 27 27 #1,764
1973 25 25 #1,794
1972 23 23 #1,894
1971 17 17 #2,308
1970 18 18 #2,165
1969 16 16 #2,170
1968 16 16 #2,071
1967 12 12 #2,408
1966 18 18 #1,854
1965 14 14 #2,227
1964 11 11 #2,607
1963 9 9 #2,948
1962 11 11 #2,593
1961 16 16 #2,115
1960 7 7 #3,471
1959 9 9 #2,917
1958 6 6 #3,717
1957 9 9 #2,928
1956 8 8 #3,087
1954 6 6 #3,599
1953 5 5 #4,003
1951 6 6 #3,521
1950 11 11 #2,389
1947 6 6 #3,550
1944 6 6 #3,271
1943 5 5 #3,755
1940 7 7 #3,008
1939 9 9 #2,551
1938 5 5 #3,743
1932 5 5 #3,980
1931 5 5 #3,985
1927 5 5 #4,390
1926 5 5 #4,400
1925 5 5 #4,415
1921 5 5 #4,492
1920 8 8 #3,339
1916 5 5 #4,121
1913 6 6 #2,723