Bolton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BOHL-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Bolton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement with a dwelling”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Bolton mean?
English: English surname from the town of Bolton
“settlement with a dwelling”
From the Lancashire town and other places named Bolton, from Old English bothl-tun.
Is Bolton a girl's or a boy's name?
Bolton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bolton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Bolton, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1905.
Half of all the boys named Bolton in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bolton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
Names like Bolton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Boston Hudson Brixton Colson Easton Stetson Lawson Kingston Beckett Braxton Jackson Bryson
Names related to Bolton
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bolton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bolton, updated 20 October 2026.