Colton
Top 1000
About Colton
Colton is a trendy two-syllable choice, with the popular 'on/en' ending.
Colton jumped onto the popularity list in 1982 at Number 806. Then, in 1988, the hunky character Colton Shore was introduced on the soap opera General Hospital, and the name began to zoom up the list. Coincidence or contributing factor?
Another attractive namesake is Teen Wolf heartthrob Colton Haynes. Short form Colt has been used by a couple of celebs.
A recent study of names by political party affiliation found that nearly 80 percent of the voters named Colton are Republicans.
Pronounced KOL-ton.
As of October 2026, Colton ranked #103 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #59 in 2019, Nameberry popularity #781.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #65 | 6,401 | 3,332.3 |
| 2015 | #60 | 6,314 | 3,294.1 |
| 2016 | #68 | 5,623 | 2,963 |
| 2017 | #70 | 5,294 | 2,860.1 |
| 2018 | #68 | 5,314 | 2,926 |
| 2019 | #59 | 5,738 | 3,198.1 |
| 2020 | #66 | 5,022 | 2,909.5 |
| 2021 | #75 | 4,562 | 2,607.6 |
| 2022 | #91 | 3,925 | 2,248 |
| 2023 | #94 | 3,705 | 2,165.9 |
| 2024 | #98 | 3,588 | 2,082.5 |
| 2025 | #103 | 3,420 | 2,002.3 |
World rankings
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Colton on lists
Famous Coltons
- Colton Lee Haynes
American actor and model
- (Michael) Colton Dixon
American singer
- Colton Cumbie
American reality TV personality ("Survivor")
- Colton Douglas Orr
Canadian ice hockey player
- Colton Sceviour
Canadian ice hockey player
- Colton Parayko
Canadian ice hockey player
- Colton Herta
American racing driver; son of driver Bryan Herta
- Colton Schmidt
American NFL football player
- Colton Iverson
American basketball player
- Colton James
American actor
- Colton Ford (born Glenn Soukesian)
American adult film actor and singer
- Colton Jacobson
American pop singer
- Colton Murray
American baseball player
- Colton Greene
U.S. Civil War general
- Colton Burpo
American boy who inspired "Heaven Is For Real" by Todd Burpo
- Colton Kyle (b. 2004)
son of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and Taya Kyle
- Colton Stapleton (b. 2009)
son of YouTuber Isaac Stapleton (Ssundee)
- Colton Keith (b. 2013)
son of ice hockey player Duncan Keith
- Michael Colton O'Grady (b. 2004)
son of actress Gail O'Grady and Chris Byers
- Thomas Colton Padalecki (b. 2012)
son of actor Jared Padalecki
- Colton Ryan
"Dear Evan Hansen"
Colton in pop culture
- Colton White
character in Western video game "Gun"
- Colton Tayler
character in "Magnetic Shift" by Lucy D. Briand
- Colton Rivera
character from DC's Gotham Academy