Colston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL-ston
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,932 for boys
Colston is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,932nd for boys in the US (80 babies).
What does Colston mean?
English: English surname from place names
From English place names such as Colston Bassett in Nottinghamshire.
Is Colston a girl's or a boy's name?
Colston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 80 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Colston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,932among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 80about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were named Colston, making it the 1,932nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,346th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 91 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had more boys named Colston than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Colston in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 143 boys in the US were given Colston or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,209, up from #1,932 for this spelling alone.
Colston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #1,932 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,346 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,531 |
| 2016 | 63 | #2,167 |
| 2015 | 83 | #1,804 |
| 2014 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2013 | 74 | #1,902 |
| 2012 | 80 | #1,831 |
| 2011 | 79 | #1,811 |
| 2010 | 91 | #1,687 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Nicknames for Colston
- Cole 371 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Colston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Easton Stetson Boston Kingston Grayson Jackson Paxton Wesson Lawson Axton Colton
Other spellings of Colston
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Colston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/colston, updated 20 October 2026.