Given name & surname
Kolton
“from the coal town”
Kolton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the coal town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the coal town.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kolton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17,169
- 17,169 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 796 babies
- 2025
- 489
- #594 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 489 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 594 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 796 in 2012. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (33). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,116 as a first name in 2020; 413 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.
Kolton’s family of names
Kolton has a related form in Kolten. Kolton has a related form in Kolt. Kolton has a related form in Koltin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kolton
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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