Kolten

Kolten: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “coal town”
Origin: English
Say it: KOHL-tən · 2 syllables
Used for: Boys

Usually treated as a modern respelling of Colton, an English surname from a place name meaning 'coal town' or sometimes 'Cola's town'.

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How popular is Kolten?

202437.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Kolten in 2024123

2024 rank#1,473 boys

Peak year2015

Total US babies since 18805,770

Kolten is fading: recent use is about 63% of its level ten years before.

Names like Kolten

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Coltoncoal town · English
Koltoncoal town · English
Coltenfrom the coal town · English
JackGod is gracious · English
Hudsonson of Hudd · English
Jacksonson of Jack · English
Cartercart driver · English
Wyattbrave in war · English

Kolten questions

What does the name Kolten mean?

Kolten means "coal town". It comes from English. Usually treated as a modern respelling of Colton, an English surname from a place name meaning 'coal town' or sometimes 'Cola's town'.

Is Kolten a boy or girl name?

Kolten is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kolten?

123 US babies were named Kolten in 2024. Its peak year was 2015.

How do you pronounce Kolten?

Kolten is usually pronounced KOHL-tən.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.