Colten
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL-ton
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #965 for boys
Colten is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Cola's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 965th for boys in the US (238 babies).
What does Colten mean?
English: spelling of Colton; English place name, from the personal name Cola and Old English tun
“Cola's settlement”
From English place names such as Colton in Staffordshire and Yorkshire.
Meaning borrowed from Colton. More on Wiktionary.
Is Colten a girl's or a boy's name?
Colten is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 238 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Colten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #965among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 238about 1 in 7,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 238 boys in the US were named Colten, making it the 965th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 755th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 757 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer boys named Colten than any year since 1988.
Half of all the boys named Colten in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,400 boys in the US were given Colten or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #87, up from #965 for this spelling alone.
Colten in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 238 | #965 |
| 2024 | 263 | #899 |
| 2023 | 250 | #921 |
| 2022 | 250 | #923 |
| 2021 | 276 | #852 |
| 2020 | 320 | #755 |
| 2019 | 362 | #694 |
| 2018 | 384 | #658 |
| 2017 | 362 | #687 |
| 2016 | 443 | #608 |
| 2015 | 521 | #549 |
| 2014 | 608 | #474 |
| 2013 | 648 | #443 |
| 2012 | 721 | #406 |
| 2011 | 750 | #386 |
| 2010 | 729 | #389 |
| 2009 | 757 | #395 |
| 2008 | 724 | #410 |
| 2007 | 585 | #465 |
| 2006 | 505 | #513 |
| 2005 | 404 | #577 |
| 2004 | 391 | #577 |
| 2003 | 363 | #594 |
| 2002 | 395 | #564 |
| 2001 | 399 | #541 |
| 2000 | 411 | #531 |
| 1999 | 399 | #526 |
| 1998 | 442 | #492 |
| 1997 | 464 | #468 |
| 1996 | 417 | #500 |
| 1995 | 377 | #522 |
| 1994 | 339 | #556 |
| 1993 | 412 | #502 |
| 1992 | 318 | #570 |
| 1991 | 302 | #584 |
| 1990 | 266 | #616 |
| 1989 | 255 | #615 |
| 1988 | 134 | #815 |
| 1987 | 48 | #1,482 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Nicknames for Colten
- Colt 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Colten
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Cannon Keegan Camden Aiden Kayden Deacon Declan Brody Kian Raiden Bridger
Other spellings of Colten
Colton Kolton Kolten Coltyn Koltyn Coltin Koltin Coleton Kholton Koleton
Names related to Colten
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, “Colten: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/colten, updated 20 October 2026.