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Colton Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Colton?

Ranking 68th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Colton is popular.

Currently in the top 100, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #60 in 2015.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2013 with 6,482 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Colton was less than 5, most recently in 1955.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Colton occurred roughly during the years 1969-1975, 1978-1995, and 2004-2012.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very high point.

How popular will Colton be?

Colton's popularity has been moving upward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Colton for their newborn has dropped.

The name Colton is favored by many parents but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Colton (Girl)Colton (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 8 11,556 5,284 68
2017 9 10,858 5,278 70
2016 6 14,708 5,606 68
2015 8 12,066 6,300 60
2014 9 11,165 6,389 65
2013 6 15,012 6,482 65
2012 6 15,373 6,358 65
2011 9 11,379 5,594 74
2010 < 5 -- 5,316 73
2009 6 15,654 4,768 93
2008 < 5 -- 4,546 98
2007 8 12,930 3,657 118
2006 < 5 -- 3,000 135
2005 8 12,070 2,657 155
2004 20 6,023 2,952 135
2003 6 14,251 2,951 135
2002 6 13,974 3,047 128
2001 < 5 -- 3,246 118
2000 < 5 -- 3,410 110
1999 < 5 -- 3,288 109
1998 5 14,639 3,573 106
1997 7 11,103 3,600 108
1996 13 6,794 3,787 105
1995 7 10,751 3,586 105
1994 < 5 -- 2,852 121
1993 10 8,189 2,750 126
1992 9 8,885 2,548 133
1991 < 5 -- 2,245 145
1990 13 6,542 2,232 139
1989 5 12,793 1,924 157
1988 5 12,190 879 268
1987 < 5 -- 325 493
1986 < 5 -- 237 577
1985 < 5 -- 171 680
1984 < 5 -- 129 763
1983 < 5 -- 117 808
1982 < 5 -- 122 801
1981 < 5 -- 49 1,340
1980 < 5 -- 34 1,701
1979 < 5 -- 33 1,717
1978 < 5 -- 26 1,928
1977 < 5 -- 31 1,709
1976 < 5 -- 32 1,651
1975 < 5 -- 34 1,534
1974 < 5 -- 29 1,669
1973 < 5 -- 25 1,786
1972 < 5 -- 23 1,876
1971 < 5 -- 17 2,296
1970 < 5 -- 19 2,074
1969 < 5 -- 15 2,228
1968 < 5 -- 17 1,973
1967 < 5 -- 12 2,372
1966 < 5 -- 19 1,764
1965 < 5 -- 14 2,192
1964 < 5 -- 11 2,566
1963 < 5 -- 9 2,889
1962 < 5 -- 11 2,537
1961 < 5 -- 16 2,075
1960 < 5 -- 7 3,398
1959 < 5 -- 8 3,082
1958 < 5 -- 6 3,613
1957 < 5 -- 9 2,864
1956 < 5 -- 8 3,011
1955 < 5 -- < 5 --
1954 < 5 -- 6 3,515
1953 < 5 -- 5 3,912
1952 < 5 -- < 5 --
1951 < 5 -- 6 3,416
1950 < 5 -- 11 2,336
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1947 < 5 -- 6 3,435
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1944 < 5 -- 6 3,173
1943 < 5 -- 5 3,638
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1940 < 5 -- 7 2,923
1939 < 5 -- 9 2,486
1938 < 5 -- 5 3,624
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1932 < 5 -- 5 3,877
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1926 < 5 -- 5 4,326
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.