Colton
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Meaning
an English place-name surname, commonly explained as "Cola's town," from a personal name and Old English tun, "settlement"
The story
Ploughland, meadow and woodland sit behind one old record of Colton. The Staffordshire settlement appears in Domesday, the English land survey of 1086, where a place survives through the practical details of its landscape. Colton the given name comes through an English surname drawn from place names. A common explanation joins the personal name Cola or Koli to Old English tun, a settlement or enclosure: Cola's town in a compact gloss. Several English places followed that pattern, so the Staffordshire entry is one example, not a single ancestral address for everyone with the surname. Still, its recorded fields give the name something concrete. Before it became a given name, Colton marked places and then families, with land to cultivate and woodland counted among the things that one survey set down.
How popular is Colton around the world?
In the United States, 24,263 babies were named Colton between 2020 and 2025.
Colton is on the official records of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland, South Australia, England and Wales and Ireland.
United States
1 in 900
In the United States, 24,263 babies were named Colton between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Colton peaked in the 2010s. Colton went to 6,326 US babies in 2015 and 3,426 in 2025, 54% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 1,700
In Canada, 217 boys named Colton were born in 2024, the 152nd most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
New Zealand
1 in 2,100
In New Zealand, 28 boys named Colton were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Scotland
1 in 2,300
In Scotland, 20 boys named Colton were registered in 2024, the 209th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
South Australia
1 in 9,2002017
In South Australia, 2 boys were registered as Colton in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
England and Wales
1 in 11,000
In England and Wales, 53 boys named Colton were born in 2025, the 679th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Ireland
1 in 14,000
In Ireland, 4 boys named Colton were born in 2025, the 676th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Colton
Most people given the name Colton in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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