Given name & surname
Colston
“a young horse; from the coal town”
Colston is a variant of Colt. One English interpretation is “a young horse; from the coal town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Colston is a variant of Colt. One English interpretation is “a young horse; from the coal town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Colston is a variant of Colt. An origin associated with Colt is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Colston through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,247
- 1,247 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 91 babies
- 2025
- 80
- #1,933 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 80 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,933 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 91 in 2010. In 2025, Michigan had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 901 as a first name in 2020; 4,095 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Colston
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