Kolter
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL-ter
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #599 for boys
Kolter is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “keeper of colts”. In 2025 it ranked 599th for boys in the US (476 babies).
What does Kolter mean?
English: spelling of Colter, an English surname
“keeper of colts”
A spelling of Colter; John Colter of the Lewis and Clark expedition was among the first Europeans to see the Yellowstone area.
Is Kolter a girl's or a boy's name?
Kolter is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 476 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kolter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 599th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 476 about 1 in 3,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 522% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 476 boys in the US were named Kolter, making it the 599th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,212th. It first appears in the records in 1987.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kolter of any year since it first appeared, in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Kolter in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,865 boys in the US were given Kolter or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #138, up from #599 for this spelling alone.
Kolter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 476 | #599 |
| 2024 | 297 | #834 |
| 2023 | 198 | #1,084 |
| 2022 | 139 | #1,347 |
| 2021 | 84 | #1,840 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,212 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 49 | #2,514 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
Nicknames for Kolter
- Kolt 129 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Kolter
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilder, Ledger, Karter, Baker, Wylder, Baylor, Gunner, Archer, Bridger, Ryder, Ryker, Brewer
Other spellings of Kolter
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, “Kolter: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kolter, updated 20 October 2026.