Coulter
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL-ter
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Coulter is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
Where does Coulter come from?
Scottish: Scottish surname from a place name in Lanarkshire
Is Coulter a girl's or a boy's name?
Coulter is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Coulter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,313th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Coulter, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Coulter in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,865 boys in the US were given Coulter or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #138, up from #3,313 for this spelling alone.
Coulter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,103 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Coulter
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cooper, Bridger, Ryder, Brody, Ryker, Carter, Connor, Callan, Logan, Kyler, Asher, Parker
Other spellings of Coulter
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Lochlan
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, “Coulter: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/coulter, updated 20 October 2026.