Colton: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KOHL-tuhn · 2 syllables

Colton means “coal town”, from English.

From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).

How popular is Colton?

Colton was the #103 name in the US in 2025, given to 3,426 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 39% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Colton in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Colton are older than 27; most are between 18 and 37. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Colton have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Colton means “coal town”. It comes from English.

Colton is pronounced KOHL-tuhn.

Colton was the #103 name in the US in 2025, given to 3,426 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 39% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Colton are older than 27. Most are between 18 and 37.