Colter — #218 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Colter

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,343 babies named Colter between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Colter currently holds the #218 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,643 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Colter performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 4,056 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Colter shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 708 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Montana. In total, SSA state-level files list Colter in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Colter 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 8,343 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.