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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |