Colt
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHLT
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #285 for boys
Colt is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “young male horse”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 285th for boys in the US (1,188 babies).
What does Colt mean?
English: English word name
“young male horse”
A word name for a young horse, also linked with the revolvers made by Samuel Colt.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Colt a girl's or a boy's name?
Colt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 1,188 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Colt in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Colt, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Colt in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Colt in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Colt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #285among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,188about 1 in 1,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,188 boys in the US were named Colt, making it the 285th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 221st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 1,833 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Colt than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Colt in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,317 boys in the US were given Colt or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #279, up from #285 for this spelling alone.
- Colt 1,188
- Kolt 129
Colt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,188 | #285 |
| 2024 | 1,227 | #276 |
| 2023 | 1,304 | #264 |
| 2022 | 1,462 | #240 |
| 2021 | 1,736 | #221 |
| 2020 | 1,686 | #221 |
| 2019 | 1,833 | #210 |
| 2018 | 1,628 | #236 |
| 2017 | 1,333 | #271 |
| 2016 | 1,033 | #337 |
| 2015 | 1,018 | #338 |
| 2014 | 979 | #339 |
| 2013 | 975 | #333 |
| 2012 | 958 | #331 |
| 2011 | 954 | #327 |
| 2010 | 945 | #331 |
| 2009 | 821 | #369 |
| 2008 | 502 | #532 |
| 2007 | 428 | #593 |
| 2006 | 212 | #910 |
| 2005 | 186 | #937 |
| 2004 | 143 | #1,100 |
| 2003 | 157 | #1,006 |
| 2002 | 195 | #847 |
| 2001 | 190 | #846 |
| 2000 | 197 | #814 |
| 1999 | 194 | #788 |
| 1998 | 210 | #758 |
| 1997 | 242 | #673 |
| 1996 | 246 | #669 |
| 1995 | 236 | #689 |
| 1994 | 254 | #652 |
| 1993 | 236 | #668 |
| 1992 | 225 | #688 |
| 1991 | 201 | #711 |
| 1990 | 174 | #764 |
| 1989 | 167 | #764 |
| 1988 | 194 | #676 |
| 1987 | 266 | #557 |
| 1986 | 224 | #592 |
| 1985 | 271 | #530 |
| 1984 | 273 | #517 |
| 1983 | 351 | #442 |
| 1982 | 344 | #460 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
Names like Colt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Brody Ronan Cody Cole Rowan Kayden Conan Callan Cove Caelan Flynn
Other spellings of Colt
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Colt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/colt, updated 20 October 2026.