Kholton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL-ton
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Kholton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Cola's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Kholton 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 Kholton a girl's or a boy's name?
Kholton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kholton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Kholton, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Kholton in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,400 boys in the US were given Kholton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #87, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Kholton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
Nicknames for Kholton
- Colt 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kholton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kingston, Kashton, Brixton, Kayson, Dutton, Deacon, Sevyn, Colson, Kyson, Chozen, Kaizen, Wesson
Other spellings of Kholton
Colton, Kolton, Colten, Kolten, Coltyn, Koltyn, Coltin, Koltin, Coleton, Koleton
Names related to Kholton
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Kholton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kholton, updated 20 October 2026.