Colten — #898 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Colten

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,116 babies named Colten between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Colten currently holds the #898 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 757 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Colten performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5,526 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Colten shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,625 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Colten in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Colten 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 16,116 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.