Kolt
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHLT
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,409 for boys
Kolt is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “young horse”. In 2025 it ranked 1,409th for boys in the US (129 babies).
What does Kolt mean?
English: spelling of Colt, the English word
“young horse”
A spelling of Colt, the English word for a young male horse.
Is Kolt a girl's or a boy's name?
Kolt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 129 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kolt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,409th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 129 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 129 boys in the US were named Kolt, making it the 1,409th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,023rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 214 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer boys named Kolt than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Kolt in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,317 boys in the US were given Kolt or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #279, up from #1,409 for this spelling alone.
- Colt 1,188
- Kolt 129
Kolt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #1,409 |
| 2024 | 157 | #1,256 |
| 2023 | 137 | #1,365 |
| 2022 | 214 | #1,032 |
| 2021 | 182 | #1,119 |
| 2020 | 202 | #1,023 |
| 2019 | 200 | #1,034 |
| 2018 | 183 | #1,079 |
| 2017 | 151 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 124 | #1,413 |
| 2015 | 118 | #1,438 |
| 2014 | 116 | #1,432 |
| 2013 | 134 | #1,291 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,514 |
| 2011 | 113 | #1,448 |
| 2010 | 121 | #1,383 |
| 2009 | 85 | #1,773 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,264 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
Names like Kolt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ridge, Briggs, Jett, Deacon, Kingston, Case, Kayden, Beckett, Finn, Kian, Koda, Crew
Other spellings of Kolt
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, “Kolt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kolt, updated 20 October 2026.