Coalton — boys' name
145 babies named Coalton in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Coalton was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Coalton in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Coalton
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Coalton between 1994 and 2017, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Coalton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Coalton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Coalton shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Coalton in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Coalton in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 145 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Coalton at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Coalton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1994
- Peak year (2007)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
145 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 12 births in a single year.
Coalton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 63 births that decade — 43% of Coalton's all-time total
Coalton decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Coalton's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Coalton by state
Where Coalton concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | West Virginia | | 7 | 4.8% |
7 of 145 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- West Virginia 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
West Virginia accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.