Kolston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL-ston
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Kolston is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Kolston mean?
English: spelling of Colston; English surname from place names
From English place names such as Colston Bassett in Nottinghamshire.
Meaning borrowed from Colston.
Is Kolston a girl's or a boy's name?
Kolston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kolston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Kolston, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Kolston in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 143 boys in the US were given Kolston or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,209, up from #3,582 for this spelling alone.
Kolston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Nicknames for Kolston
- Cole 371 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kolston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kingston Hudson Wesson Colson Easton Stetson Kayson Axton Kashton Brixton Kyson Dutton
Other spellings of Kolston
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, “Kolston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kolston, updated 20 October 2026.